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White House presses for health care reform deal

The White House on Sunday urged lawmakers to pass contentious health care reform, saying that the watered-down version of a bill before the Senate still accomplishes the president's goals of changing the troubled system. Facing opposition from key lawmakers last week, the ...
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says it's not true that a health care overhaul will affect people who already have insurance. He says President Barack Obama is determined that health care legislation provides Americans with a choice of insurers and competition for ...
A greater-than-expected US budget deficit and continuing recession woes led some US lawmakers Sunday to urge President Barack Obama to scale back his ambitious healthcare overhaul plan. "I would advise the president that bringing up of the healthcare situation in the midst ...