Barack Obama's health care plan could get support from second Republican senator

All eyes on a possible second Republican senator who may cast her vote in support of President Obama's healthcare plan. Susan Collins joined fellow moderate Republican senator Olympia Snowe, in endorsing the goal of far-reaching changes in the US health care system. Collins said, "My hope is that we can fix the flaws in the bill and come together with a truly bipartisan bill that could garner widespread support."

The bill will be melded with a Senate Health Committee version before being debated in the full 100-member Senate, where Democrats will need all of their 60 votes to prevent a Republican filibuster.


Barack Obama's health care plan could get support from second Republican senator

Obama's Health Care Proposal -- Are American's Ready?

In last night's speech by President Obama on the state of American health care, he said that the US was the "only advanced democracy on earth … that allows such hardships for millions of its people." So how can we, working within the health care arena work to enhance the lives of our fellow citizens? What steps can we take to ensure that our insurance, medical care and preventative medicine offer the best tools for a healthy nation?

The President said his plan would meet three basic goals: provide more security and stability to those who have health insurance, provide insurance to those who do not have it, and slow the growth of healthcare costs.

Here are a few great articles that we've found discussing last night's speech.

• Obama's health care speech gets mixed reviews
• GOP banking on big gain due to President Obama's health care follies
• HMO shares rise after Obama health reform speech

Should Obama step in for heatlhcare reform?

In a recent article at Fox News, they look at the current state of health care reform in Congress. While the House and the Senate have been bouncing back and forth between different versions for weeks, many are now calling for President Obama to step in and give his own bill to Congress. Obama called for a new health care plan, but left it up to Congress to write the bill which subsequently left the Democrats divided on many issues.

Read the full Fox News article here. What do you think? Would a new health care system be more likely if President Obama stepped in and wrote the bill then presented it to Congress?