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President Barack Obama has mobilizedthe grass-roots supporters that helped elecrt him to lobby for his visio n of health care reform, which includexs offering Americans a government-run health plan as an alternativwe to private insurance. A coalition of labor unions and progressive organizations planss tospend $82 million on organizing efforts, advertising, research and lobbyin g to support the Obama plan. Business groups, mostly are working behind the scenes to shapsethe legislation.
While they have seriousz concerns about some of theproposalsx — including the public plan optionj and a mandate for employersz to provide insurance — few are tryingt to block health care reform at this The cost of health insurance has becomed so burdensome that somethinv needs to be done, they agree. “Nobody supportas the status quo,” said James Gelfand, the ’s senior manager of health policy. “We absolutely have to have reform.
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