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The Affordable Health Care for America Act ({{USBill|111|H.R.|3962}}), at its core, is a revision of an earlier proposal, [[America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009]] ({{USBill|111|H.R.|3200}}),<ref name="blended_bill">[http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/health_care/hr3962_TOPLINE.pdf Topline Changes From Introduced Bill to Blended Bill], (PDF), ''House Committee on Energy and Commerce'', 29 October 2009.</ref> that included additional refinements geared toward meeeting the goals outlined in [[s:Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009|President Barack Obama's address before a joint session of the 111th Congress on September 9, 2009]] concerning health care reform.
 
The bill passed the House of Representatives at 11:19 PM EST on November 7, 2009 by a vote of 220-215. The bill passed with support of 219 Democrats and 1 Republican. <ref>{{USHRollCall|2009|887|pipe=House Roll Call Vote #887}} on the passage of H.R. 3962</ref>
 
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