Privately,Barack Obama strongly backs public option

By Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook,Chicago Tribune

Despite months of seeming ambivalence about creating a government health insurance plan,the Obama White House has launched an intensifying behind-the-scenes campaign to get divided Senate Democrats to take up some version of the idea in the weeks just ahead.

Firms tied to Obama make millions from health push

By SHARON THEIMER,Associated Press

It is profitable to work for Obama

President Barack Obama’s push for a national health care overhaul is providing a financial windfall in the election offseason to Democratic consulting firms that are closely connected to the president and two top advisers.

Coalitions of interest [...]

Obama repeats false healthcare claims

By Steven Thomma,McClatchy Newspapers

Obama repeats lies to religious leaders on Healthcare conference call

President Barack Obama participated in a scripted online discussion of his health care overhaul with a friendly audience of religious voters and pastors Wednesday. It ended with him bemoaning those who bear “false witness”against his [...]

Obama Gets Poor Grade On Health Care

By RAGHAVAN MAYUR Investors Business Daily

President Obama has yet to sell health care reform convincingly to Americans. The public is skeptical about whether an overhaul of the health system is in its best interests. One indicator of the skepticism is the poor grade Americans give the president for his handling [...]

Obamacare:The Cartoon

BY Gary McCoy,Cagle Cartoons