Obama potiče reformu o zdrastvu

With his plans to reform the nation's healthcare system in doubt, U.S. President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to press on and get a bill out of Congress before their August recess.

SOUNDBITE: U.S. President Barack Obama saying (English):

"Now is not the time to slow down and now is certainly not the time to lose heart. Make no mistake if we step back from this challenge -- at this moment -- we are consigning our children to a future of skyrocketing premiums and crushing deficits."

Mr. Obama did not specifically explain where one-third of the total one trillion dollar plus cost of reforming healthcare would come from, but he said revenues can be found without inflating the federal deficit.

SOUNDBITE: U.S. President Barack Obama saying (English):

"We are going to get this done. We will reform health care. It will happen this year."

Doubts about the high cost of President Obama's signature domestic policy effort emerged on Thursday when Congress' own independent budget analyst said the reforms being considered would do little to control rising healthcare costs.

Jon Decker, Reuters.