WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama moved forcefully Monday to revive his faltering health care overhaul, warning "Don't bet against us. We are going to make this thing happen."
"I just want to put everybody on notice, because there was a lot of chatter during the week that I was gone," said Obama, just back from an overseas trip. His overhaul plan suffered a series of setbacks on Capitol Hill in his absence as divisions among Democrats over how to pay for the legislation slowed momentum.
"Inaction is not an option," Obama said at a press conference to announce his surgeon general nominee, Dr. Regina Benjamin.....
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