Barack Obama, Government-provided Health Insurance | featured news

44 | President calls Senate plan "a creative new framework" to provide coverage to uninsured without relying on government insurance option.

While Obama believes a gov't-run health care would best meet his reform goals, aides say he's not demanding it.

President says angry criticisms about health care are driven by debate over role of government — not racism

President Obama guaranteed Thursday that his health care overhaul will win approval and said any bill he signs will have to reduce rapidly rising costs, protect consumers from insurance abuses and provide affordable choices to the uninsured — while not adding to the federal deficit.

For President Obama, giving up on a public insurance plan could punch a hole in Republican arguments but could also alienate liberal Democrats.

President Barack Obama assailed insurance companies on Tuesday as he sought to counter an onslaught of conservative opposition to a U.S. healthcare overhaul at a town hall meeting that drew protests outside.