Health Insurance Debate Heats Up
From FoxNews:
President Obama said Wednesday he “absolutely” believes health care reform will be passed by the end of the year, arguing the country will be “worse off” without a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s system.
“We’re going to get it done,” Obama said in an interview aired Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
President Obama seeks a bipartisan effort:
Even as Obama and the insurance industry move toward open confrontation over the role of government in health care, his administration is telling lawmakers to keep pushing for a bipartisan deal.
Obama on Tuesday dismissed as “not logical” the insurance lobby’s assertion that a new government health plan he backs would dismantle the employer-sponsored coverage most Americans now have. Despite harsh words from the president, senators attending an evening meeting in the Capitol with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said the administration was not ready to abandon the search for compromise.
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