What did Obama sign?

Too many journalists and news agencies have neglected to include, or do not provide, any reference to the name and legislative number of the healthcare reform bill signed by Obama on Monday, 3/22/10. So here it is:

H.R. 4872 - "Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010" - announced here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/pending-legislation/h.r.-4872

Read the Full text of the bill here [PDF]. CORRECTION: This is NOT the full text as the WhiteHouse.gov site states. It is simply 150 pages of the Act of Reconciliation.

INSTEAD, TRY THESE LINKS:

• House H.R.3962, "Affordable Health Care for America Act"
  http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3962.pcs:
• Senate H.R.3590, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (Amendment in Senate)
  http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3590.as:
• PLUS "7 versions of Bill H.R.3590 for the 111th Congress" posted at the Library of Congress site - http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3590:
• H.R. 3590, Senate bill available at CBS.com, dated 12/24/09 [PDF]:
  http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/Senate_health_care_bill.pdf?tag=contentMain;contentBody

SO WHICH ONE DID HE SIGN? SURPRISE! It's still not quite hammered out. However, the version of H.R. 3590 passed by the Senate on 12/24/09 appears to be THE bill which the president signed this week, at least according to the Democrats.Senate.Gov site.

Read all 2,409 pages here [PDF].

Isn't this fun? Gag.

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