Obama May Need Sense of Crisis to Revive Health-Care Overhaul

Julianna Goldman and Nicholas Johnston
Bloomberg
September 6, 2009

[efoods]President Barack Obama returns to Washington next week in search of one thing that can revive his health-care overhaul: a sense of crisis.

Facing polls showing a drop in his approval, diminished support from independents, factions within his Democratic Party and a united Republican opposition, Obama must recapture the sense of urgency that led to passage of the economic rescue package in February, analysts said.

“At the moment, except for the people without insurance, we’re not in a health-care crisis,” said Stephen Wayne, a professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington. “You do need a crisis to generate movement in Congress and to help build a consensus.”

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This article was posted: Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 10:27 am

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