Obama Makes Final Push for Healthcare Reform

Obama is making, what is supposedly, his last attempt at changing the minds of the senate about his universal healthcare plan. The Republicans are currently not budging and told him that he should scrap his idea and work with them to create a new one. His attempt to win them over was that he incorporated Republican ideas into his plan and is hoping that it will go through. His universal healthcare plan can be summarized by the following quote: "Obama has already made the basics of his plan clear. He would extend health coverage to about 30 million uninsured Americans, leash the insurance industry by banning practices like denying coverage for the ill, expand drug benefits for the elderly and give lower-income people subsidies to help them afford coverage. It would be paid for by raising taxes on upper-income Americans and culling savings from a government health care plan for the elderly." The United States is currently the only major industrialized country that does not have universal health care.