By now you have probably heard by now that Congress passed HR 3590, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”, or to put it more short and to the point, the “health care overhaul”. This law was then signed by the President.

Also passed by the US House of Representatives was HR 4872, the “Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010“, which makes changes to HR 3590. To the average person this probably makes no sense. Why pass a bill and then have to pass an amendment right away? Why not fix the original bill? It's all about Politics!! As soon as the President signs HR 3590 into law the Senate will take up debate on HR 4872 and will only need a simple majority (51) of the Senate for passage. If the Senate does approve this bill as written it will then go to the President to be signed into law and will amend the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”. Right now the Republican Party is trying to derail the Amendment.