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Obama signs historic $938 billion health overhaul

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

MARCH 23, 2010 18:20

WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a historic $938 billion health care overhaul that guarantees coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans and will touch nearly every citizen's life, presiding over the biggest shift in US domestic policy since the 1960s and capping a divisive, yearlong debate that could define the November elections.

"Today after almost a century of trial, today after over a year of debate, today after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America. Today," Obama said, interrupted by applause after nearly every sentence.

"All of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform," the US president added.

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