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ANNANDALE, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday sought to build support to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system as a key Republican questioned whether bipartisan support among lawmakers is possible. With Congress out of session for a week, Obama urged participants at a question-and-answer session in a Washington suburb to be wary of "scare tactics" and hugged a woman who said she did not have health insurance or money of her own to treat a tumor. "You are what is going to drive this process forward. Because if Congress thinks that the American people don't want to see change, frankly, the lobbyists and the special interests will end up winning the day," Obama said at the meeting, which featured questions posed on YouTube and a parallel discussion on the White House Facebook page. Obama has challenged... [read full story]
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