Obama Assembles Doctors On Health Care

02/28/2014 07:30:35 AM

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U.S. President Barack Obama assembled doctors in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C. to discuss his plans regarding the American health care system.

Obama has introduced several health care initiatives that have been met with great resistance by segments of the U.S. population.

Obama Rallies Doctors

President Obama gathered doctors at the White House Monday for a pep rally in support of his health care reform plans, which he argued would help them spend more time treating patients and less time filling out forms.

Obama said little new about his signature domestic policy initiative, but he used the choreographed event to put some momentum behind reform proposals taking shape in Congress. The key Senate Finance Committee may vote this week on its version of health-care reform legislation.

The roughly 150 doctors assembled wore white lab coats under the brilliant fall sun, some sheepishly carrying them under their arms as they made their way to the folding chairs. In opening his remarks, Obama called them "spiffy."...

"If you're willing to speak out strongly on behalf of the things you care about and what you see each and every day as you're serving patients all across the country, I'm confident we are going to get health reform passed this year," Obama told them...

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