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03-16-2010, 12:46 AM
http://www.cnn.com/video/politics/2010/03/15/bts.obama.healthcare.reform.cnn.640x360.jpgThe yearlong fight over health care reached a fever pitch Monday as President Obama took his call for change to the political swing state of Ohio, slamming insurance companies and repeating his call for a final congressional vote on his sweeping reform plan.The president's push came as the House of Representatives prepared for an expected vote this week on the roughly $875 billion bill passed by the Senate in December. Under the strategy adopted by congressional leaders, both chambers of Congress then would pass a series of changes designed in part to make the legislation more acceptable to House Democrats.If enacted, the reform proposal would be the biggest expansion of federal health care guarantees since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid more than four decades ago. The plan is expected to extend insurance coverage to 30 million-plus Americans.The Senate bill would reduce federal deficits by about $118 billion over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.Republicans, meanwhile, have repeatedly promised to fight what they say amounts to an ill-conceived government takeover of the country's health care system.star trek online credits (http://www.wow-leveler.com/sto-credits.html)GOP leaders have said the plan will do little to slow spiraling medical costs. They also say it will lead to higher premiums and taxes for middle-class families while resulting in deep Medicare cuts."We need health insurance reform right now," the president said at a campaign-style rally outside Cleveland. And "this is like a patients' bill of rights on steroids."star trek online power leveling (http://www.wow-leveler.com/sto-power-leveling.html)In the end, the president said, "this debate is about far more than politics. ... It comes down to what kind of country we want to be."Obama brought up the story of a self-employed Ohio woman named Natoma Canfield who, according to the president, was repeatedly hit with large premium increases after being diagnosed with cancer.http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/POLITICS/03/15/health.care/smlvid.obama.pa.cnn.jpg