Obama's budget makes a $634 billion reform down payment. But in a sign of how tough it'll be getting agreement, the upper-income tax hikes and cuts in Medicare and Medicaid he wants to help pay for reform are drawing objections from Republicans and insurers.
The president campaigned on a plan that aims to build on America's existing employer-based system to supply universal coverage. But aides maintain he's also absolutely open to ideas from elsewhere and will not be sending Congress a fully formed bill, just kicking off the process with "principles."
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