Health care summit
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid maintains Democrats have the right to push their health care plan through Congress without Republican support.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has opened his health care summit by urging Democrats and Republicans to put aside differences and fix "one of the biggest drags on the economy."
Obama said "everybody understands that the problem is not getting better, it's getting worse." He said projections anticipate health insurance premiums rising substantially.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has opened the high-stakes health-care summit he hopes will break the political gridlock stalling a medical system overhaul.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are pleading their case for health care overhaul in an extraordinary summit with Republicans, broadcast live to a divided public on daytime TV.
Obama exhorts lawmakes to fix health care systemWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has opened his health care summit by urging Democrats and Republicans to put aside differences and fix "one of the biggest drags on the economy." Obama said "everybody understands that the problem is not getting better, it's getting worse." He said projections anticipate health insurance premiums rising substantially.
