Obama confident health care overhaul coming soon, speaks of ‘about 80 agreement’ in Congress

Obama confident health care overhaul coming soon

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he’s confident his drive to overhaul health care will succeed.

The president writes in Sunday’s New York Times about “health insurance reform” and says his attempt to overhaul the system is closer to reality “than we have ever been.”

Obama cites support from the American Nurses Association, the powerful American Medical Association and the AARP for big changes. He also says there’s “about 80 percent” agreement in Congress on shaping the overhaul.