House finalizes healthcare reform bill– an announcement may come tomorrow

  It now looks as though the United States House has finalized, or are about to, finalize, the healthcare reform bill and are set to unveil it shortly.

House Democrats reached agreement Wednesday on key elements of a health care bill that would vastly alter America’s medical landscape, requiring virtually universal sign-ups and establishing a new government-run insurance option for millions.

    The official announcement could come as early as tomorrow morning.

The rollout would cap months of arduous negotiations to bridge differences between liberal and moderate Democrats and blend health care overhaul bills passed by three separate committees over the summer

  If there have been concessions made that bridge the gap between the liberal members of the House and moderate to conservative Democrats this article certainly doesn’t make it appear so. According to the article Americans will be mandated to buy healthcare insurance or face fines and the public option, in some form, is still there. So something must have been done to win these votes or Nancy Pelosi would not bring this bill up for a vote. Enough pressure must have been applied and moderate Democrats must have given in to that pressure.

  It appears that the last sticking points that still remain are over taxpayer funded abortion and covering illegal aliens. The House hopes to bridge that gap, (read apply even more pressure), later tonight.

  Time is running short, the House is not listening to the people. This bill is going to move forward regardless of what the majority of Americans want. This bill still has a long way to go before it becomes law and if this report is true than it is up to the senate, which seems even more divided, to put an end to this legislation.

  It looks like the moderate and conservative Democrats in the House have failed us, it may be time to turn our attention to the senate debate. But we must not let up and we must continue to pressure our representatives until a vote is actually taken. We can not just accept the vote as a foregone conclusion. There is still time to stop this bill but we must remain vigilant.