Democrats strike deal as health bill set to go through
House Democratic leaders had struck a last-minute deal with abortion foes to secure the final few votes to remake America’s healthcare system, writing a climactic chapter in a century-old quest for near universal coverage.
The House argued its way through a thicket of Republican objections toward an evening vote on the bill to extend coverage to 32 million Americans who lack it, ban insurers from denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions and cut deficits by an estimated $138 billion (€102bn) over a decade.
