Health care debate: high stakes for those with HIV

US President Barack Obama will incorporate Republican suggestions for a health care overhaul when he lays out his plans on Wednesday to get the historic legislation passed by Congress.A White House official said Obama's remarks about "moving forward into the final stage of the health insurance reform debate" will strike a bipartisan tone suggesting at least some agreement between Democrats and Republicans on the most ambitious health care overhaul in decades, a senior official said.

US President Barack Obama's health care overhaul got a boost Wednesday ahead of a likely weekend vote as a Democrat once fiercely against the bill threw his support to the historic legislation.Democratic Representative Dennis Kucinich vowed to keep fighting for a nationalized health plan but worried he might be "the deciding vote" in a fight that could leave Obama's still-young presidency in shambles."We have to be very careful that the potential of president Obama's presidency not be destroyed by this debate," Kucinich, who represents a district in Ohio, told reporters.

President Barack Obama puts himself squarely into the center of the debate over U.S.