AP Top News at 4:53 p.m. EST

By AP
Saturday, March 6, 2010

AP Top News at 4:53 p.m. EST

Obama turns up heat for health care overhaul planWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trying to persuade a weary public and wavering Democrats to get behind his frantic, late-stage push on health care, while Republicans dig in and demand starting from scratch after a year’s worth of work. “Now, despite all the progress and improvements we’ve made, Republicans in Congress insist that the only acceptable course on health care is to start over. But you know what? The insurance companies aren’t starting over,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday.

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