'What Change Looks Like': Health Care Bill Passes House

By: Dayo Olopade

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, passed an enormous, politically daring overhaul of the American health insurance and health care delivery system by a margin of 219-212. President Barack Obama, expected to sign the bill into law later this week, rejoiced with a high-five. And yet in an address from the East Room of the White House, his sense of history overwhelmed his urge to celebrate. "Tonight we answered the call of history as so many generations of Americans have before us," he said. "When faced with crisis, we did not shrink from our challenge--we overcame it. We did not avoid our responsibility--we embraced it. We did not fear our future--we shaped it."

'What Change Looks Like': Health Care Bill Passes House....