Pres. Barack Obama got mostly support from attendees of his health care reform summit Thursday afternoon.
Several foes of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s reform efforts during her husband’s presidency said they would support Obama’s efforts to right the nation’s health care situation, according to the Washington Post.
Rep. Joe L. Barton, a Texas Republican, proudly reminded the crowd of 150 that he helped kill “Hillarycare” in the 1990s, then said he supported the principles outlined by Obama, according to the Post.
Fifteen years ago, Chip Kahn, then an insurance lobbyist, attacked Hillary and Pres. Bill Clinton’s health care reform efforts in advertisements. Now a hospital lobbyist, Kahn said Obama has successfully begun the process to reform the nation’s health care, the Post said.
Meanwhile, Karen Ignagni, who leads America’s Health Insurance Plans, the nation’s largest association of health insurers, told Obama, “You have our commitment to play, to contribute and to help pass health care reform this year.”
“That’s good news,” Obama said, sounding surprised, the Post said. Similar words of support came from lobbyists for doctors, drug makers and corporations.
However, notes of discord underlied some summit conversations, according to The Hill. Rep. Barton, among others, injected some skepticism into the summit, saying most Democratic ideas for reforming health care are misguided.
Today, Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder will attend the graduation ceremony of 26 police officers in Columbus whose jobs were saved by the city’s first injection of federal stimulus money, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
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