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Is this finally the moment for health care reform?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

President Obama says health care costs are the biggest obstacle to economic recovery

and a powerful coalition of interest groups has been assembled. The president wants reform

enacted before Congress goes home in August, but devilish details are not yet resolved.

Insurance companies are all in favor of mandatory coverage, but an optional

public plan could drive them away from the table. Some consumer groups won't support anything

but a single-payer plan. Today we'll look at the policy options, the politics, and efforts

at cost control. On reporter's notebook later on, Hasbalah defeated in Lebanon. First, here's the news.

Hello again, Warren-Halny, back with To the Point. For the first time since Bill Clinton's first term as president, health care reform, is at the top of the White House agenda.

We'll hear what Barack Obama is doing to seize the moment on universal coverage,

cost control, and the debate between private and public insurance. On reporter's notebook,

Lebanon's ruling coalition has defeated an electoral challenge from Hezbollah. Did President

Obama's speech to the Muslim world help increase the turnout? First, this news update. The president

met with his cabinet today about economic recovery.

He said modest progress is not enough and announced plans to use economic stimulus money to save or create 600,000 jobs.

Keeping teachers in the classroom, cops on the streets, providing summer jobs for youth that are particularly hard hit in this job market,

breaking ground on hundreds of new projects all across the country in clean energy and transportation and so on.

Martin Fletcher is at the White House for the Washington Post, and Michael, thanks very much for

joining us.

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