U.S. President Barack Obama unveils a revised version of his proposal on the health insurance reform at the White House in Washington D.C. on Mar.3. Urging the Congress to vote on the bill in the next several weeks, he said he's going to do everything in his power to make the case for reform, Xinhua News Agency reported.
After a bipartisan summit on Feb.25, where they exchanged the final ideas, President Obama touted some of Republican ideas and added to the plan, in order to get the most supports. The ideas include providing funds to help reform medical accident handling system, limiting waste and abuse in the health care system, etc.
The president rejected demands to star over or move ahead step by step on health care reform. He declared the issue of health care reform has already been debated and negotiated enough. "I don't see how another year of negotiations would help. Moreover, the insurance companies aren't starting over."
He urged the Congress to vote on the bill in the next several weeks and he said he will do everything in my power to make the case for reform. Shortly after his speech, the White House announced that Obama will travel to Philadelphia and St. Louis next week to gain support.
The president finally took the bold step of advocating the Senate use a procedural tactic called "reconciliation" to pass reform. Under reconciliation Democrats will only need 51 votes to pass reform instead of the super0majority of 60 votes needed to break a filibuster.