Obama pushes for ‘vital’ reform of health care
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Days before holding an intensive health care summit with both Republicans and Democrats, President Barack Obama made a fervent push for his overhaul, calling it critical not just for the millions without insurance but for the entire country’s economic well-being.
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KATHRYN LOPEZ: Ailing health care
Make no mistake: If President Barack Obama actually wanted to be the post-partisan agent of Washington change, his health care summit would have looked a whole lot different than the meeting he recently held across the street from the White House.
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David S. Broder: Verdict on health care will be in voters’ hands
WASHINGTON — Two hours before President Barack Obama opened his health care summit, and two blocks away, a couple dozen reporters gathered at the invitation of The Christian Science Monitor for a breakfast at which the reform proposal’s doom was foreshadowed. The guests for [...]
Bottom line on health care summit: Dems push ahead
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama strongly signaled that Democrats will move forward on a health care overhaul with or without Republicans, preparing his party for a fight whose political outcome will rest with voters in November.
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Obama, Democrats ponder next health care moves
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—After a seven-hour health care summit that did little to change Republican hearts and minds, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats face a challenge on Friday in deciding their next moves to reform the costly U.S. system.
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Bottom line on health care summit: Democrats push ahead
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama strongly signaled that Democrats will move forward on a health care overhaul with or without Republicans, preparing his party for a fight whose political outcome will rest with voters in November. Delivering his closing argument…
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President Obama hosts bipartisan health care summit
&$ &$U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday hosts a bipartisan health care summit in Washington, D.C., where over 30 Democratic and Republican lawmakers would discuss how to bridge their differences on the top issue of the country’s political agenda. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)&$ &$ U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday kicked off a [...]
Campaign flashback: McCain clashes with Obama
Who said the 2008 presidential campaign was over? President Barack Obama upbraided his former Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, on Thursday for resorting to political “talking points” at a health care summit Obama…
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Obama Health Care Summit: LATEST NEWS
What’s Your Reaction? WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies argued for sweeping health care overhaul Thursday in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit with Republicans who want far more modest changes.
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Obama invites host of lawmakers from both parties to health care summit Thursday
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will hold a televised bipartisan summit Thursday on health care as he tries to keep his overhaul effort alive. The White House has invited 22 high-ranking lawmakers to the meeting at Blair House, across the street from the [...]
