Healthcare advocates seek to maintain momentum * Political climate ripe for reform despite downturn * Experts see bipartisan approach to any legislation By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Proponents of healthcare reform may have found their ally in U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, but the real campaigning has just begun. While all eyes are on the president's transition team as it begins evaluating the nation's struggling economy and two wars, consumer advocates, union groups and others are determined to keep affordable healthcare front and center. "We are going to embark into an all-out campaign to try to get universal healthcare coverage and healthcare reform enacted," said Dennis Rivera, chair of the Service Employees International Union's (SEIU) healthcare division. "Starting right now, we are hiring...
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