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* repeal of insurance companies' [[McCarran–Ferguson Act|exemption]] from [[anti-trust]] laws<ref name="AP1" /><ref name="Sec. 262">{{USBill|111|H.R.|3962}} Affordable Health Care for America Act, [[s:H.R. 3962/Division A/Title II/Subtitle F#Sec. 262.|Division A, Title II, Subtitle F, Section 262]], [[111th Congress]].</ref>
* establishing minimum standards for [[Qualified Health Benefit Plan|qualified health benefit plans]]<ref name="CRS"/>
* establishing a National Healthcare Workforce Commission to be composed of 15 individuals who will assess healthcare needs and make recommendations to congressional leaders <ref name="McNeal 2010">{{cite journal|last=McNeal|first=Gloria|title=The Healthcare Reform Bill and Its Impact on the Nursing Profession|journal=The ABNF Journal|year=2010|volume=21|issue=2|pmid=20533752|url=http://
* requiring most employers to provide coverage for their workers or pay a surtax on the workers wage up to 8%
* restrictions on [[abortion]] coverage in any insurance plans for which federal funds are used<ref name="AP1" /><ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|first1=Carl |last1=Hulse |first2=Rolbert |last2=Pear|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/health/policy/08health.html|title=Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House|date=November 7, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 24, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110331033230/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/health/policy/08health.html| archive-date=March 31, 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>
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The newly amended bill eventually passed the House of Representatives at 11:19 PM EST on Saturday, November 7, 2009, by a vote of 220–215. The bill passed with support of the majority of Democrats, together with [[Joseph Cao|one Republican]] who voted only after the necessary 218 votes had already been cast. Thirty-nine Democrats voted against the bill. All members of the House voted, and none voted "present".<ref>{{USHRollCall|2009|887}} – H.R.3590: On Passage Affordable Health Care for America Act</ref>
Both before and after passage in the House, significant controversy surrounded the [[Stupak–Pitts Amendment]] added to the bill to prohibit coverage of abortions – with limited exceptions – in the [[public option]] or in any of the [[health insurance exchange|exchange]]'s private plans sold to customers receiving federal subsidies. In mid-November, it was reported that 40 House Democrats said they will not support a final bill containing the Amendment's provisions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111401597.html?hpid=topnews|title=Health-care reform and abortion coverage: Questions and answers|last=MacGillis|first=Alec|date=November 14, 2009|
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