US approves landmark healthcare measure

The US Senate has passed President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul in a climactic Christmas Eve vote, extending medical insurance to 30 million Americans.

US approves landmark healthcare measure
Thu, 24 Dec, 2009 - 12:50

The US Senate has passed President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul in a climactic Christmas Eve vote, extending medical insurance to 30 million Americans.

The bill requires nearly all Americans to buy insurance and forbids insurance companies from denying coverage based on patients’ pre-existing conditions.

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