Obama’s Day: Obama speaks on health care and welcomes Tar Heels to White House

Obama’s Day: Health care, basketball

WASHINGTON — Reforming the health care system to make it affordable for all Americans is one of President Barack Obama’s top priorities.

Obama plans to talk Monday about a health care industry offer of $2 trillion in spending reductions over 10 years to help pay for the program. Six major groups are pledging to cut the growth rate for health care costs by 1.5 percentage points each year.

With this move, Obama is picking up key private-sector allies that fought former President Bill Clinton’s effort to overhaul health care.

Later, the president welcomes the NCAA champion University of North Carolina men’s basketball team to the White House.