credit: Waldo Jaquith

The health care act of 2010 was revolutionary in its scope, but are its days numbered?

• One of the first things Republican representatives did in the House this year was schedule a vote to repeal the sweeping health care bill passed last year.
• Their effort to repeal the law isn’t likely to succeed, because of the power Democrats currently wield in Washington. But each party has made promises to its constituents, and keeping or destroying the health care bill is at the center of their obligations.
• The official name of the proposal to end the health care act (in the House, anyway) is “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act.”

Facts & Figures

• The health care bill aims to cover 32 million uninsured Americans
• 26% of Americans want to repeal it
• 25% want to repeal select parts of it
• 41% want to keep the law as it is or expand it

What do you think?

How do you feel about the cost of implementing the health care bill? Would you be affected if you could no longer be on your parents’ insurance plan until age 26?