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Health care odds long, but Democrats push ahead

By ALAN FRAM

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – Democrats pushed hard to revive President Barack Obama’s stalled health care overhaul on Friday – and pointed to glimmers of hope – but the long odds facing them seemed little changed after Obama’s extraordinary summit with both parties’ leaders.

At the White House, press secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama would unveil a “way forward” next week on legislation that has been his foremost domestic priority. Obama, who will first discuss the strategy with Democratic congressional leaders, said at Thursday’s bipartisan marathon that he’s open to several Republican ideas, including medical malpractice changes.

There were signs of intensified activity on Capitol Hill.