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Four weeks ago President Obama signed the health overhaul bill into law. WSJ’s Jerry Seib explains the bill’s impact on Democrats’ popularity based on recent public polls.

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President Obama last night signed legislation extending benefits under a host of federal programs for jobless people, doctors providing Medicare services and those who live in flood-prone areas, but few key players seemed particularly happy about the $18 billion spending package.

Medicare and Medicaid programs are slated for sweeping changes under the new health-care legislation and President Obama now has decided who should oversee the changes for the giant health programs.

Amid all the ink going to what the proposed health-care overhaul would do, we wanted to note an easy-to-overlook provision that it won’t do: eliminate many so-called pay-for-delay deals.

Those are the oft-criticized pacts under which branded drug makers give something to generic makers stall cheaper copycat versions coming on the market. The deals, which usually involve settlements of patent disputes between the generic and branded drug makers, result in consumers paying the higher branded prices until the generic counterparts arrive.

President Obama was back on the campaign trail Monday, using his election-style oratory to stump for a health-care overhaul that still awaits an uncertain fate in Congress.

As is the case routinely these days, the president took aim at health insurers. He lambasted them 22 times in a speech to a college audience near Philadelphia, according to the Washington Post. “How much higher do premiums have to rise until we do something about it,” Obama said in the speech punchline.

President Obama might seem like a pushover with some liberals and the Chinese, but in other regards, he’s showing he’s tough by taking on insurance companies, teacher unions and Pakistan. Executive Washington Editor Jerry Seib explains.

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President Obama outlines his three-part proposal for health care reform in an address at the White House. Courtesy Fox News.

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President Obama outlines his three-part proposal for health-care reform in an address at the White House. Courtesy Fox News.

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President Obama will speak today on the state of the health reform bill, as Republicans and some Democrats continue to oppose it, John Bussey tells the News Hub panel.

Continued here:  AM Report: Health Battle Lines Drawn/a>

WSJ’s Jerry Seib explains the likely path forward on health-care reform, including a preview of President Obama’s statement on Wednesday regarding potential modifications to the health bill. Plus, a look at today’s markets, including the impact of the earthquake in Chile.

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