Health care bill near passage

2009-12-24 15:42:25 (GMT) (WiredPRNews.com - Health & Fitness, Law, News)

Wired PR News reports the Senate is closer to passing health care legislation with a 60-39 vote on Wednesday.

The controversial legislation is closer to passage after another crucial Senate vote.

Washington, D.C. (WiredPRNews.com) – The Senate is closer to passage of a bill designed to overhaul the health care system in the United States. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Democrats advanced the legislation with a 60-39 vote Wednesday.

Majority Leader Harry Reid is quoted by the AP as stating of the advancing legislation, “We stand on the doorstep of history.”

Obama is further quoted in the report as stating in a recent PBS interview of his willingness to sign the bill, even if the controversial public option is omitted, “Would I like one of those options to be the public option? Yes. Do I think that it makes sense, as some have argued, that, without the public option, we dump all these other extraordinary reforms and we say to the 30 million people who don’t have coverage, `You know, sorry. We didn’t get exactly what we wanted?’ I don’t think that makes sense.”

A vote for final passage is set for Thursday.

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