Benefits Think Overheard: Reaction to House passage of health care reform

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What an exciting weekend it was! I watched news coverage of the House’s health care reform debate as if it were Game 7 of the NBA Finals. And as we all now know, House Democrats won out a squeaker of a vote, passing H.R. 3962 220-215, just two votes more than the 218 needed for approval.

I expected to get to the office this morning and start working the phone to get reaction from benefits stakeholders. However, the PR machine must have been in overdrive all weekend, because several reaction statements were waiting for me in my inbox before I’d even poured my morning coffee. I hold nothing back from you, DD readers. Here’s some of what folks are saying:


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