US President Barack Obama scored the biggest victory of his presidency when Congress approved his signature health care reform bill, bringing near-universal coverage to millions of people who are currently uninsured. But,the landmark bill is getting a sharply divided response from voters across the country.

The health reform legislation represents the biggest expansion of the US federal government's social safety net since the 1965 creation of the government-run Medicare health program for the elderly and disabled.

The landmark healthcare reform bills has evoked a sharply divided response from voters.

Some applaud, saying it will provide universal healthcare access.

Protesters outside the US Capitol building in Washington as the vote on healthcare reform nears.