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President Barack Obama has mobilizedthe grass-roots supportere who helped elect him to lobbt for his vision of healtbh care reform, which includes offering Americans a government-ru n health plan as an alternative to privated insurance. A coalition of laborr unions and progressive organizations plana tospend $82 million on organizing efforts, advertising, research and lobbyint to support the Obama Business groups, meanwhile, mostly are working behinds the scenes to shape the Although they have serious concerns about some of the proposales — including the public plan option and a mandatd for employers to provide insurancwe — few are trying to block health care reform at this The cost of health insurance has become so burdensomer that something needs to be they agree.
“Nobody supports the status saidJames Gelfand, the ’s senior manager of health “We absolutely have to have reform.”