After dominating the headlines in 2009, the debate over health care reform finally came to an end on March 20, 2010.
On March 30, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act into law and capped a contentious debate that had been raging in American for a year.
The final version of the bill was the result of a back-room last-minute deal made between pro-life Democrats and Democratic leaders. The linchpin in the negotiations came when President Obama promised House Rep. Bart Stupak, one of the pro-life Democratic leaders, that he would sign an executive order preventing federal funds from being used to pay for abortions.
Obama signed the order four days later (with no audience), but the power of the document, as it relates to duly-passed legislation, remains highly questionable. Most legal scholars believe such an order to be subordinate to the ObamaCare law, which does allow tax dollars to be allocated for abortion services.
Federal abortion funding was just one of the many problems conservatives had with ObamaCare. Its expense, its unintended consequences, but most of the way it was handled as it slithered through Congress left many Americans fuming and resentful.
After its passage, ObamaCare didn't blend into the background. Many Tea Party-backed candidates used the Act as a cornerstone of their campaign, and it worked. The legacy for ObamaCare will last well into the future, but its passage was one of the stories that made 2010 a year to remember
On March 30, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act into law and capped a contentious debate that had been raging in American for a year.
The final version of the bill was the result of a back-room last-minute deal made between pro-life Democrats and Democratic leaders. The linchpin in the negotiations came when President Obama promised House Rep. Bart Stupak, one of the pro-life Democratic leaders, that he would sign an executive order preventing federal funds from being used to pay for abortions.
Obama signed the order four days later (with no audience), but the power of the document, as it relates to duly-passed legislation, remains highly questionable. Most legal scholars believe such an order to be subordinate to the ObamaCare law, which does allow tax dollars to be allocated for abortion services.
Federal abortion funding was just one of the many problems conservatives had with ObamaCare. Its expense, its unintended consequences, but most of the way it was handled as it slithered through Congress left many Americans fuming and resentful.
After its passage, ObamaCare didn't blend into the background. Many Tea Party-backed candidates used the Act as a cornerstone of their campaign, and it worked. The legacy for ObamaCare will last well into the future, but its passage was one of the stories that made 2010 a year to remember
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