Health care issue looms as Obama signs jobs bill

 
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 19, 2010

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has said he wants to focus on the public’s top concern: jobs. But the ongoing effort to remake the nation’s health care system keeps getting in the way.

The White House held a ceremony Thursday in the sunny Rose Garden where Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending designed to encourage the private sector...


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