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A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting healthcare ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:39:03 GMT

(Reuters) - A resident of south Florida holds a sign protesting healthcare reforms during a visit by President Obama to Miami, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A supporter of the health care reform holds a sign outside a ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:34:27 GMT

(Reuters) - A supporter of the health care reform holds a sign outside a health care town hall meeting with U.S. congressman Kendrick Meeks (R-FL) in Miami, Florida in this September 3, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files

President Barack Obama on Sunday unveiled a dramatic gambit ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:26 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - President Barack Obama on Sunday unveiled a dramatic gambit on his stalled health care plan to millions of Americans tuning in for the Super Bowl, summoning Republicans to a televised White House summit.(AFP/Graphic)

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 1993 file photo, first Lady Hillary ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:44:11 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 28, 1993 file photo, first Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a copy of the Clinton health-care plan, during a visit to the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, File)

FILE - In this March 7, 1994 file photo, former first ladies ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:43:46 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this March 7, 1994 file photo, former first ladies Betty Ford, left, and Rosalynn Carter talk prior to speaking about the need for comprehensive mental health and substance abuse benefits as part of any national health care reform package, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech on social ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:49:18 GMT

(AP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech on social and personal care, in London, Monday Feb. 8, 2010. In a major pre-election speech, to the health think-tank the King's Fund, Brown will pledged a broad reform of community healthcare, giving people the option of chemotherapy and dialysis without having to travel to a clinic or hospital, and said that it would also be easier to access palliative care and care for the elderly at home.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech on social ...

(AP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:47:11 GMT

A woman is prepared for a heart operation at the University ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:41:00 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A woman is prepared for a heart operation at the University of Miami Health System in Miami, Florida in September 2009. President Barack Obama's attempt to cut health care costs, improve access to treatment and rein in abuses by insurance giants is on life support amid a shifting balance of political power ahead of congressional elections in November.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)

US President Barack Obama is pictured on February 4. Obama said ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:41:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama is pictured on February 4. Obama said he would call Republicans to a top-level White House meeting later this month in a bid to forge a breakthrough on his stalled health reform plan.(AFP/File/Yuri Gripas)

The White House in Washington, DC, is seen deep in snow on February ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - The White House in Washington, DC, is seen deep in snow on February 7, 2010. President Barack Obama unveiled a major political gambit on his stalled health care plan to millions of Americans tuning in for the Super Bowl, summoning Republicans to a White House summit.(AFP/Jewel Samad)

US President Barack Obama is pictured on February 4. Obama said ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:42:08 GMT

(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama is pictured on February 4. Obama said Sunday he would call Republicans to a top-level White House meeting later this month in a bid to forge a breakthrough on his stalled health reform plan.(AFP/File/Yuri Gripas)

US President Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National ...

(AFP) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:09:47 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at their annual Winter Meeting in Washington, DC. Obama vowed Saturday to salvage his health reform drive and crusade for change despite a "blizzard" of opposition, as he left a snow-buried White House to rally wavering Democrats.(AFP/Chris Kleponis)

FILE - In this Feb. 4,2010 file photo, President Barack Obama ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:33:01 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Feb. 4,2010 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraising event in Washington. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents failed to fix the nation's costly health care system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks at DNC fundraising ...

(AFP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:41:57 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama delivers remarks at DNC fundraising reception in Washington. Obama Thursday sharply warned lawmakers, including those in his Democratic Party, that they must answer to voters if they balk at passing his long-delayed health reforms.(AFP/Yuri Gripas)

Rhode Island State Rep. John Loughlin, R-Tiverton, stands in ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:03:13 GMT

(AP) - Rhode Island State Rep. John Loughlin, R-Tiverton, stands in front of supporters as he announces his candidacy for Congress, in Lincoln, R.I., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Loughlin says he's seeking the seat held by Patrick Kennedy, faulting Kennedy for focusing on health care reform rather than trying to help deal with unemployment. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Rhode Island State Rep. John Loughlin, D-Tiverton, folds the ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:51:52 GMT

(AP) - Rhode Island State Rep. John Loughlin, D-Tiverton, folds the Rhode Island state flag after announcing his candidacy for Congress before members of the media, in Lincoln, R.I., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Loughlin says he's seeking the seat held by Patrick Kennedy, faulting Kennedy for focusing on health care reform rather than trying to help deal with unemployment. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Dr. Michael Lenoir, right, examines Dante Jones, 2, being held ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:29:25 GMT

(AP) - Dr. Michael Lenoir, right, examines Dante Jones, 2, being held by his mother Daaiyah Shabazz in Lenoir's offices in Oakland , Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Among states, California arguably has the most to gain from an overhaul of its health care system: it has the greatest number of uninsured residents in the country and the largest public insurance program for the poor, which struggles to serve 6.5 million people while reimbursing doctors at one of the nation's lowest rates. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Dr. Michael Lenoir examines Ebony Jones, 13, at right, as her ...

(AP) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:28:56 GMT

(AP) - Dr. Michael Lenoir examines Ebony Jones, 13, at right, as her mother Daaiyah Shabazz and brother Dante Jones look on in Lenoir's offices in Oakland , Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Among states, California arguably has the most to gain from an overhaul of its health care system: it has the greatest number of uninsured residents in the country and the largest public insurance program for the poor, which struggles to serve 6.5 million people while reimbursing doctors at one of the nation's lowest rates. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

US President Barack Obama (center) tours an industrial facility ...

(AFP) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:45:40 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama (center) tours an industrial facility in the US. Facing voter anger at double-digit unemployment and his stalled health care overhaul, Obama has vowed a renewed focus on job creation.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi comments on the healthcare ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:43:09 GMT

(Reuters) - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi comments on the healthcare bill and job creation the day after the State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young

FILE - In this July 13, 2009 file photo, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:51:21 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this July 13, 2009 file photo, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Notice you're not bombarded anymore by TV ads about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul plan? Drugmakers, business organizations and other interest groups in the health care battle have dialed down expensive lobbying campaigns as they assess how last month's stunning Republican capture of a Senate seat from Massachusetts has altered Washington's political landscape. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Bruce Josten, chief ...

(AP) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:49:47 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Bruce Josten, chief lobbyist of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Notice you're not bombarded anymore by TV ads about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul plan? Drugmakers, business organizations and other interest groups in the health care battle have dialed down expensive lobbying campaigns as they assess how last month's stunning Republican capture of a Senate seat from Massachusetts has altered Washington's political landscape. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

A Jordanian woman of Palestinian origin, shows her passport ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:25:43 GMT

(AP) - A Jordanian woman of Palestinian origin, shows her passport in front of the follow-up and inspection department, the authorized department of renewing permits of Palestinians as West Bank citizens, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A New York-based human rights organization asked Jordan Monday to stop stripping nationality from hundreds of Jordanians of Palestinian origin, claiming the measure also denied them access to jobs, education and health care. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)

Jordanians of Palestinian origin leave the follow-up and inspection ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:24:55 GMT

(AP) - Jordanians of Palestinian origin leave the follow-up and inspection department, the authorized department for renewing permits of Palestinians as West Bank citizens, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A New York-based human rights organization asked Jordan Monday to stop stripping nationality from hundreds of Jordanians of Palestinian origin, claiming the measure also denied them access to jobs, education and health care. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009, file photo, Sen. Mary Landrieu, ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:32:29 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009, file photo, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., right, talks with an aide on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:32:08 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, looks on as Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo, Sen. Thomas Carper, ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:31:49 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo, Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2009 file photo, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:31:30 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2009 file photo, Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:31:11 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2009, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev.,accompanied by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2009, file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:30:44 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2009, file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2009, file photo, Maine's Republican ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:30:29 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2009, file photo, Maine's Republican Senators, Olympia Snowe, left, and Susan Collins are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama ...

(AP) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:30:02 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama gestures while delivering a speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Vice President Joe Biden applauds behind the president. Democrats say they never saw it coming, but the breakdown of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was abetted by their own mistakes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:30:22 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi said Thursday that the US Congress must pass President Barack Obama's historic overhaul of health care -- "whatever time it takes to do it."(AFP/Getty Images/Mark Wilson)

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Centers for Medicare ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:03:00 GMT

(AP) - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder discuss the importance of preventing health care fraud at the first National Summit on Health Care Fraud, January 28, 2010 in Bethesda, Maryland. The summit was jointly sponsored by The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Justice. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Images for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Centers for Medicare ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:53:24 GMT

REFILE - CORRECTING "SUFFER" TO "SUFFERED". Men ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:11:18 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING "SUFFER" TO "SUFFERED". Men sit in the village of Phnom Dambang where around 95 percent of people suffered from malaria, according to a local health care worker near Pailin in western Cambodia January 28, 2010. Bordering with Thailand, this former Khmer Rouge stronghold and dusty gem mining town is now better known for a malarial parasite that is worrying health experts in the region. Studies and research show artemisinin-based therapies - currently the most effective treatment against malaria - are taking longer to cure some of the patients. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS SOCIETY)

REFILE - CORRECTING "SUFFER" TO "SUFFERED". Men ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:10:11 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING "SUFFER" TO "SUFFERED". Men sit in the village of Phnom Dambang where around 95 percent of people suffer from malaria, according to a local health care worker near Pailin in western Cambodia January 28, 2010. Bordering with Thailand, this former Khmer Rouge stronghold and dusty gem mining town is now better known for a malarial parasite that is worrying health experts in the region. Studies and research show artemisinin-based therapies - currently the most effective treatment against malaria - are taking longer to cure some of the patients. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS SOCIETY)

People sit in the village of Phnom Dambang where around 95 percent ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:08:02 GMT

(Reuters) - People sit in the village of Phnom Dambang where around 95 percent of people suffered from malaria, according to a local health care worker near Pailin in western Cambodia January 28, 2010. Bordering with Thailand, this former Khmer Rouge stronghold and dusty gem mining town is now better known for a malarial parasite that is worrying health experts in the region. Studies and research show artemisinin-based therapies - currently the most effective treatment against malaria - are taking longer to cure some of the patients. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS SOCIETY)

REFILE - CORRECTING "SUFFER" TO "SUFFERED" Children ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:06:55 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING "SUFFER" TO "SUFFERED" Children cross over an improvised bridge in the village of Phnom Dambang where around 95 percent of people suffered from malaria, according to a local health care worker near Pailin in western Cambodia January 28, 2010. Bordering with Thailand, this former Khmer Rouge stronghold and dusty gem mining town is now better known for a malarial parasite that is worrying health experts in the region. Studies and research show artemisinin-based therapies - currently the most effective treatment against malaria - are taking longer to cure some of the patients. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS HEALTH)

REFILE - CORRECTING "SUFFER" TO "SUFFERED" Children ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:04:42 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING "SUFFER" TO "SUFFERED" Children run over an improvised bridge in the village of Phnom Dambang where around 95 percent of people suffered from malaria, according to a local health care worker near Pailin in western Cambodia January 28, 2010. Bordering with Thailand, this former Khmer Rouge stronghold and dusty gem mining town is now better known for a malarial parasite that is worrying health experts in the region. Studies and research show artemisinin-based therapies - currently the most effective treatment against malaria - are taking longer to cure some of the patients. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POLITICS)

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi comments on the healthcare ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:25 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi comments on the healthcare bill and job creation the day after the State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH BUSINESS)

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrives for a news conference ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:22 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrives for a news conference on the healthcare bill and job creation the day after the State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi comments on the healthcare ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:20:10 GMT

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters about healthcare ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:49:19 GMT

(Reuters) - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters about healthcare after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and House committee chairs at the White House in Washington January 6, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

People sit in the village of Phnom Dambang where around 95 percent ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:41:53 GMT

(Reuters) - People sit in the village of Phnom Dambang where around 95 percent of people suffer from malaria, according to a local health care worker near Pailin in western Cambodia January 28, 2010. Bordering with Thailand, this former Khmer Rouge stronghold and dusty gem mining town is now better known for a malarial parasite that is worrying health experts in the region. Studies and research show artemisinin-based therapies - currently the most effective treatment against malaria - are taking longer to cure some of the patients. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CAMBODIA - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS SOCIETY)

House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio holds up documents ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:36:41 GMT

(AP) - House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio holds up documents outlining the Republican's health care plan, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Cathy McMorris, R-Wash. is at left. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Dianne Impullitti is shown in her Ferndale, Mich., home Wednesday, ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:23:31 GMT

(AP) - Dianne Impullitti is shown in her Ferndale, Mich., home Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Impullitti simply exclaimed 'Yes!' when Obama said job creation must be the top priority in 2010. Impullitti, who is studying renewable energy at a community college after losing her job as an automotive tool designer in August 2008, called the speech hopeful and said she was worried jobs had taken a back seat to health care. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Dianne Impullitti is shown in her Ferndale, Mich., home Wednesday, ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:22:58 GMT

U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) (above) who yelled out "You ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:17:29 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) (above) who yelled out "You Lie!" during U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on healthcare in September of 2009, calls out to a colleague before Obama's arrival to deliver his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

REFILE - CORRECTING YEAR OF HEALTHCARE SPEECH U.S. Congressman ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:14:14 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - CORRECTING YEAR OF HEALTHCARE SPEECH U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), who yelled out "You Lie!" during President Barack Obama's speech on healthcare in September of 2009, calls out to a colleague before Obama's arrival to deliver his State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)