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US President Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his appeal to Congress to vote on his health care reform, arguing that any delay would allow insurance companies to continue their old practices.

Obama Turns up the Heat for Health Care Overhaul (ABC News)
Facing election-year politics, Obama pitches health overhaul that GOP says must start anew

Obama wants “straight answer” from health insurers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama attacked the country’s biggest health insurers on Saturday for failing to give him a “straight answer” on why they were “arbitrarily and massively” hiking their premiums.

Obama turns up heat for health care reform (Detroit Free Press)
WASHINGTON Facing a tough political environment, President Barack Obama turned up the heat today for the health care overhaul that has been his top priority for a year yet has not been passed by Congress.

Obama Turns Up the Heat for Health Overhaul (Fox News)
The president used his weekly radio and Internet address to attempt to sway a public that has soured on health care — and especially Democratic lawmakers who are wavering.

Who is the lone Democrat some think could kill health care reform? (The Newsroom via Yahoo! News)
Anyone who’s followed the health care debate even casually over the past year has probably heard Rep. Bart Stupak’s name mentioned a time or two. The nine-term Democrat from Michigan is the author of the “Stupak Amendment,” a rider attached to the House health care legislation that would effectively ban most government funding of abortion under the new health care system. Now, as House and …

Obama turns up the heat for health care overhaul (AP via Yahoo! News)
Facing a tough political environment, President Barack Obama on Saturday turned up the heat for the health care overhaul that has been his top priority for a year yet has not been passed by Congress.