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Besser: There is very little surge capacity right now in our health care system. You have to plan for how you would handle a surge, but right now there is very little excess capacity. It points to the importance of health reform and increasing access to care, and making sure that people have a trusted medical source they can turn to for information. One of the reasons we work so hard on community control measures is not that you can stop the flu from spreading eventually, but if you slow it down, it can reduce the burden on your health...
When Barack Obama informed congressional Republicans last month that he would support a controversial parliamentary move to protect health-care reform from a filibuster in the Senate, they were furious. That meant the bill could pass with a simple majority of 51 votes, eliminating the need for any GOP support. Where, they demanded, was the bipartisanship the President had promised? So, right there in the Cabinet Room, the President put a proposal on the table, according to two people who were present. Obama said he was willing to curb malpractice awards, a move long sought by Republicans that is certain...
Though Obama put forward his own plan for health-care reform during the 2008 campaign, he has signaled that he is not wedded to its specific prescriptions. His proposal, for example, included a "public plan" - one that would set up a Medicare-like, government-run coverage option for the uninsured - that has become one of the most contentious issues in the debate thus far. But in the face of criticism that a government plan would have an unfair advantage over private insurance, Obama has indicated sympathy for that argument. "Private insurance plans might end up feeling overwhelmed," he said...
White House officials say the President does indeed plan to step up his game on health care in the near future, speaking out more on what he will and will not accept as part of the reform package. "As we move along, there's going to be choices we have to make, decisions we have to make and instructions we have to give. There's no question about that," says Obama's chief political adviser, David Axelrod. "You can expect that, as we turn the corner on this debate and discussion, he'll be speaking publicly and enlisting the support...
...content to let Congress do its work. "The mistake you can make here is to be so wedded to an approach that you destroy your opportunity for a consensus," Axelrod says. "That's just not something we are going to do. This is too important." On health-care reform as in medicine, Obama is convinced that the right bedside manner can make all the difference in the world...