President Obama traveled to Acadia University in suburban Philadelphia on Monday to make the case one more time for Congress to pass legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. He went after Republicans for their unified opposition, and attacked big insurance companies.
Since the Senate passed its version of a health overhaul Christmas Eve, most of the debate has focused on the politics of the effort. By now, many people have forgotten — if they ever knew — what the bill would actually do.
This is it, or so the White House claims: closing arguments on President Obama's effort to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama asked Congress for a final vote this month, and to persuade Democrats to stick with him he was in suburban Philadelphia on Monday making his case.
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President Obama says during a speech in Pennsylvania that insurance companies will keep raising premiums "for as long as they can get away with it," as he embarks on his latest push to build support for a health care overhaul. Obama wants Congress to vote on a bill later this month.
Runaway rate increases for health coverage provided familiar applause lines in a speech President Obama gave at a college outside Philadelphia Monday.
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