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President Barack Obama, hitting the road for healthcare reform again today, will take his case to two red states that he turned blue last year: North Carolina and Virginia.

A bipartisan group of senators agreed tentatively Tuesday on a plan to squeeze an additional $35 billion out of Medicare over the next decade and larger sums in the years beyond, according to congressional officials, a step toward fulfilling President Barack Obama's goal of curbing the growth of health care spending.

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he realized Americans were skeptical about his healthcare overhaul, but that the country's economic recovery depended on the success of the $1 trillion plan.

As President Obama pushes for passage of his first major domestic policy change, some physicians are waging an all-out war against a health care reform bill they say amounts to nothing more than socialized medicine.

As his committee has taken center stage in the battle over health-care reform, Sen. Max Baucus has emerged as a leading recipient of campaign contributions from the industry.

Republican and Democratic governors criticize health bill, saying it could become another unfunded mandate.

White House budget director Peter Orszag said on Sunday the administration was sticking with its goal of having the Senate and House of Representatives pass their versions of a healthcare overhaul bill before they break for their August recess.

President Obama vowed on Saturday to reject any health legislation that would run up the federal deficit.

House Democrats shouldn't expect votes from Republicans in passing a bill that increases taxes on the rich to pay for health care reform.

President Barack Obama discusses progress on health care reform with NBC's chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman.