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US House approves sweeping healthcare overhaul

THE US House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul yesterday, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans and handing President Barack Obama a landmark victory.

On a hard-fought vote, House Democrats approved the most dramatic health policy changes in decades. The vote sends the overhaul, already approved by the Senate, to Obama to sign into law.

The bill, Obama's top domestic priority, expands the government health plan for the poor, imposes new taxes on the wealthy and bars insurance practices such as refusing to cover people with pre-existing medical conditions.

 

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