January 3, 2010

Work Begins on Negotiating Details of US Healthcare Bill

US politicians have begun merging the Senate's healthcare legislation with the House version after the bill was passed in a vote on 24 December 2009. The $871bn bill, which extends medicare services to 30 million uninsured Americans, was passed with 60 votes, which included go-aheads from

By cms admin

US politicians have begun merging the Senate’s healthcare legislation with the House version after the bill was passed in a vote on 24 December 2009.

The $871bn bill, which extends medicare services to 30 million uninsured Americans, was passed with 60 votes, which included go-aheads from 58 Democrats and two independents.

The final bill will be signed after it gets merged with legislation passed by the House.