Topic: Robert Gibbs

"She said neither liberals' disappointment over the lack of a GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE OPTION nor a traditional mistrust of the Senate would prevent passage in the House", but the bill must pass in the Senate as well in order for it to ...

Obama to sign healthcare bill on Tuesday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will sign his healthcare reform bill into law Tuesday and travel Thursday to promote the plan in Iowa, a farming state split over the overhaul of the $2.5 trillion healthcare system.The landmark legislation narrowly passed by ...

Indonesia trip 'no vacation' for Obama

President Barack Obama's trip next week to his childhood home of Indonesia will be no vacation and is unlikely to be delayed by his health reform drive, the White House said Thursday.White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama, who is expected to ...
Obama expects passage of 'good health care bill' as debate focuses on insurance industryPresident Barack Obama began a week that will dwell heavily on overhauling the health care system, declaring himself confident Congress will pass " I'm confident that we've got that," ...
Gibbs: Public option just 1 way to achieve goal of health insurance for millions without itWhite 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 ...

Obama to make case for big healthcare changes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama readied a high-stakes plea for healthcare reform on Wednesday, as a Senate Democrat leading bipartisan negotiations said he was ready to push ahead even without Republican support.Faced with falling public approval ratings, Obama said his ...

Obama to defend public health care option

President Barack Obama this week will defend his controversial push for a public health care option to be offered alongside existing private insurance plans, the White House said Sunday.Obama's plans to remake health care have been squeezed during a summer marked by ...
President Barack Obama this week will defend his deeply controversial bid to push a public health care option, which would be offered alongside existing private insurance plans, the White House said Sunday.Obama, whose plans to remake health care have been squeezed during ...

WHouse denies ditching Republicans in health fight

The White House denied Wednesday it had given up wooing Republican support for President Barack Obama's embattled health care reform plan, following reports Democrats may go it alone. "The president has said countless times he will work with anybody in any party ...

Obama to rally grass roots backers on health care

President Barack Obama will Thursday hold a live online and telephone strategy meeting to rally devoted grass roots backers as a backlash over his health reform plan spreads to liberal media commentators.David Plouffe, who ran Obama's triumphant 2008 election campaign, and now ...
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