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The new health bill signed by President Obama includes an incentive for doctors to serve the poorest patients by increasing their federal Medicaid payments.

This could be quite a significant inducement, as an additional 16 million people are expected to join the Medicaid rolls in the next 10 years.

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The health bill has been signed into law, and people have more questions than ever: Will my insurance premiums go up?

What about pre-existing conditions? How will the government enforce the insurance mandate? NPR's Julie Rovner explains how the new health care law could affect you.

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Senate Republicans learned early Thursday that they will be able to kill language in a measure altering President Obama's newly enacted health care overhaul, meaning the bill will have to return to the House for final congressional approval.

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The health bill signed into law this week will expand insurance coverage to 32 million people, but still won't achieve universal coverage.

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President Obama celebrates a hard-won victory Tuesday when he signs landmark health care legislation. But he's not quite finished with health care yet: In months to come, Obama will be selling the overhaul to a skeptical public.

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Once President Obama signs health care into law, its opponents will move to the next front: attacking the overhaul as unconstitutional.

Those who dislike the bill have been gearing up for the legal fight for months.

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The uninsured are likely the biggest beneficiaries of the health bill, and some argue everyone will benefit from tighter insurance regulations.

Thirty million more people are eventually expected to get insurance coverage.

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Democratic House leaders say they've got the votes to pass a landmark health-care overhaul Sunday. And they're confident enough of getting an overhaul done that they've agreed to set aside the controversial "deem and pass" strategy.

Host Guy Raz checks in with NPR's Julie Rovner on the latest maneuvering on Capitol Hill.

House leaders have abandoned the "deem and pass" strategy for the difficult Senate health bill vote. Instead, they will hold a vote on reconciliation bill first, then a second, separate vote on Senate health care bill.

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House leaders abandon the "deem and pass" parliamentary maneuver that would have enabled Democrats to approve the Senate version of the bill without a straight up-or-down vote.

The move comes as the House Rules Committee was meeting to set terms for floor debate and a final vote Sunday.

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