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Over the weekend, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) affirmed that America's Affordable Health Choices Act would deliver targeted assistance to those in need today and lead to an increase in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage.

“The fiscal year 2010 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bill includes strong increases for key health, education and worker training initiatives, including NIH research, Pell Grants, Head Start and clean energy jobs..."

This afternoon, the House passed the fiscal year 2010 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bill by a vote of 264 to 153.

Today the minimum wage increases by 70 cents, from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour -- the final of three increases to take effect under legislation enacted by the Democratic Congress in 2007. The wage increase will help an estimated 4.5 million workers in 31 states provide for their families.

Recent polls and studies continue to find significant support for health insurance reform -- even as political attacks and misinformation heat up around America's Affordable Health Choices Act:

A Kaiser Family Foundation poll released toda

America's Affordable Health Choices Act takes a number of steps to ensure that when Americans face a health crisis, they don't also face a financial crisis. Yesterday, Speaker Pelosi and Reps. Xavier Becerra, Donna Edwards, Rosa DeLauro, and Mary Jo Kilroy held a press conference on the critical need to address crushing health care costs.

On Monday, Republican Leader Boehner published an Op-Ed on Yahoo! on America's Affordable Health Choices Act -- the House health insurance reform bill.