Obama Seeks Public Support on Health Care

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President Barack Obama is taking a health care road trip today as his last-ditch efforts to build support continue.

The fate of his signature legislative initiative is far from certain as Obama heads to Philadelphia to make a speech. In addition to trying to change public perception, Obama will urge uneasy lawmakers to cast a "final vote" for a massive reform bill in an election year.

Obama's pitch, along with a stop in St. Louis Wednesday, comes as part of an all-out effort to pass his health care proposals.

Because Senate Democrats lost the 60-seat majority needed to stop GOP filibusters, party leaders are narrowing in on a strategy that calls for House Democrats to pass a bill the Senate passed in December. Obama would sign it, but senators would promise to make numerous changes on issues that have concerned House Democrats.

AP