Editing Arlen Specter (section)

====Votes====
On [[Health care reform in the United States|health care reform]], Specter was a co-sponsor of the [[Healthy Americans Act]], a proposal he supported during both the 110th and 111th Congresses. Specter voted for the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]], the healthcare bill passed through the Senate by every Democratic senator, on a party-line vote.<ref>{{cite news|title=Specter faces hostile audience at health care forum|publisher=CNN|date=August 11, 2009|access-date=August 11, 2009|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/11/specter.town.hall/index.html}}</ref>

In May 2012, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, and Weill Cornell Medical College presented Specter with the annual Public Service Award for his work in expanding mental health care.<ref>{{cite news|title=Senator Arlen Specter Honored for his Support to Expand Mental Health Care|url=http://weill.cornell.edu/news/pr/2012/05/senator-arlen-specter-honored-for-his-support-to-expand-mental-health-care.html|access-date=October 8, 2014|publisher=Weill Cornell Medical College|date=May 8, 2012}}</ref>