Senate votes down healthcare reform repeal effort

Mary Stevens | February 03, 2011 | Health Exec | Precision Medicine

The U.S. Senate has voted 51 to 47 to reject a Republican-sponsored bill to repeal the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA) enacted in 2010.

Fifty Senate Democrats and one independent rejected the GOP measure, which was sponsored by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky). However, the Senate did approve an amendment to eliminate the tax-reporting provision of the act for small businesses.

The House of Representatives Jan. 19 passed a bill to repeal PPACA. Since then, Rep. Jim Jorden (R-Ohio) and 175 other House Republicans have introduced HR 408, which proposes cutting $2.5 trillion in federal spending during the next 10 years by repealing or defunding a range of discretionary non-defense government programs.

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