The House of Representatives passed the 10-year, $938 billion health care bill last Sunday after much debate. The overhaul will change the way millions of Americans attain health insurance and require almost everyone to have insurance or face penalties.
Obama officially signed the bill into law today.
“We have now just enshrined the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health,” Obama said at the signing ceremony at the White House
Watch the ceremony HERE.
Not one Republican voted for the bill.
”By signing this bill, President Obama is abandoning our founding principle that government governs best when it governs closest to the people,” said House Republican leader John Boehner. “Never before has such a monumental change to our government been carried out without the support of both parties.”
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