Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
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Legislative Action
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What's Happening Now
On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This bill is the product of “marrying” the two bills that passed the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Debate on the new proposal is likely to begin before Thanksgiving. Following passage of the Senate legislation, a conference committee must work out the differences between it and the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on November 7, 2009. The conference measure will then return to each house for final approval. It is hoped that President Obama could sign health care reform legislation into law early next year. Take Action! |
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