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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100121/D9DC3FF00.html
Obama and others were talking about legislation that would attract broad support.
"I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on," Obama said in an interview with ABC News.
"We know that we need insurance reform, that the health insurance companies are taking advantage of people. We know that we have to have some form of cost containment because if we don't then our budgets are going to blow up. And we know that small businesses are going to need help," he said.
In a bid for GOP support, participants suggested other elements that could be added. These included allowing insurance companies to sell policies across state lines, according to Rep. Timothy Walz, D-Minn.
Echoing Obama was House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., who said a slimmer bill would be a "reasonable alternative" that could appeal to the public even with continued Republican opposition.
"I think that we ought to focus on that which ... the public can support and will be positive in terms of making health care more affordable and obtainable," he said.
So NOW you want to make a bill the people can support? I thought that was what you guys were doing in the first place from the way the head dems were talking.
Obama and others were talking about legislation that would attract broad support.
"I would advise that we try to move quickly to coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on," Obama said in an interview with ABC News.
"We know that we need insurance reform, that the health insurance companies are taking advantage of people. We know that we have to have some form of cost containment because if we don't then our budgets are going to blow up. And we know that small businesses are going to need help," he said.
In a bid for GOP support, participants suggested other elements that could be added. These included allowing insurance companies to sell policies across state lines, according to Rep. Timothy Walz, D-Minn.
Echoing Obama was House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., who said a slimmer bill would be a "reasonable alternative" that could appeal to the public even with continued Republican opposition.
"I think that we ought to focus on that which ... the public can support and will be positive in terms of making health care more affordable and obtainable," he said.
So NOW you want to make a bill the people can support? I thought that was what you guys were doing in the first place from the way the head dems were talking.
