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Thu 08 Aug 2009Obama says he will reform US healthcare by end of year
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has promised to overhaul the American healthcare system by the end of this year – without Republican support if necessary.
Speaking in Indiana after a town hall meeting to promote his economic policies, the president said he would prefer to sign a bipartisan healthcare Bill but it was not yet clear if negotiations with Republicans would prove fruitful.
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