THE TELEGRAPH: A triumphant President Barack Obama signed an historic health care reform bill into law on Tuesday, declaring that it represented what "generations of Americans have fought for, and marched for, and hungered to see".
But even as he celebrated the end of 14-months of often bitter struggle, he was preparing to sell the scheme to a still-sceptical public.
The new law, which came after united opposition of Republicans on Capitol Hill as well as dozens of conservative Democrats, will extend health insurance to millions of uninsured.
"We have now just enshrined the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health," Mr Obama said at a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House. >>> Toby Harnden in Washington | Tuesday, March 23, 2010
