House passes health care bill on 219-212 vote

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Everything that I have seen/read has been very clear that some provisions (like those concerning pre-existing conditions and children staying covered until 26) will be effective within 6 months, while others will not go into effect until 2014 or later.

I think that most people who are freaking out about this one way or the other expect changes to be made right away, other than the ones that we were discussing up thread (like the lifetime caps and age limits). A lot of people, unless they actually read, don't understand that it takes a while for laws to go into effect. It's kind of like how a certain contingent expected the economy to improve on January 21 of last year.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I think that most people who are freaking out about this one way or the other expect changes to be made right away, other than the ones that we were discussing up thread (like the lifetime caps and age limits). A lot of people, unless they actually read, don't understand that it takes a while for laws to go into effect. It's kind of like how a certain contingent expected the economy to improve on January 21 of last year.

So true. Sometimes people (on all sides of many issues) are so busy reacting and complaining as loudly as possible that they don't take to time to pay attention.