Obama defends health care bill
The Associated Press, Washington | Wed, 01/26/2011 8:45 AM
President Barack Obama is defending his
landmark health care overhaul bill against Republican efforts to
repeal it.
Obama says he knows there's opposition to the bill extending
insurance coverage to 30 million people. But he said he's not
willing to go back to the days when insurance companies could deny
coverage.
The Republican-controlled House repealed the bill last week but
it's not expected to go anywhere in the Democratic-controlled
Senate.
In remarks prepared for delivery in his State of the Union
address Tuesday, Obama said he wants to work with Congress to
further reduce the cost of health care, including state reforms to
the medical malpractice system.
But he didn't endorse capping payouts in malpractice lawsuits.
That's a Republicana idea that would yield big savings but is
opposed by trial lawyers.
