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Oklahoma supporters rally for health reform
Health care reform supporters rallied downtown Thursday afternoon in an effort to draw attention to what they called a growing rift between defense and medical spending.
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White House is flexible
WASHINGTON — Even as liberals urge President Barack Obama to demand far-reaching changes to the health care system, the White House signaled openness Thursday to compromises that might attract moderate Democrats as well as some Republicans.
Obama believes in "fundamental principles” about overhauling health care, adviser David Axelrod said, but "he’s not dogmatic about how we get there.”
The comments did not definitively answer how hard Obama will push for his proposal, including health insurance for virtually all Americans and a government-run plan. But his diplomatic tone was in keeping with the administration’s approach of refusing to flatly demand several parts that are dear to Democratic activists.
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About four dozen people gathered outside the office of U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin, many of them holding brightly colored signs bearing slogans like "honk for health care” and "support a public option.”
The Rev. Donna Compton used diagrams and pie charts to show the disparity in spending.
"For those who are presenting opposition to health care reform as being somehow a Christian response, it needs to be said that Jesus did not ask people to come to him for healing based on how much they had. He challenged his followers to feed the hungry and to heal the sick and to care for the least of these,” said Compton, a minister with the Disciples of Christ.
Dr. Katherine Scheirman, a retired Air Force colonel and 20-year veteran, relayed stories of her experiences with military medical care and European health care systems.
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