Union

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is promising he won't walk away from trying to improve health care for Americans and urges Congress to stay with the reform effort.

WASHINGTON - Giving up on overhauling the nation's health care system is not an option, the top House Democrat said Wednesday as lawmakers looked to President Barack Obama for guidance in his State of the Union address on how to revive the stalled legislation.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama had hoped a historic victory on health care would be the centerpiece of his State of the Union speech Wednesday.

WASHINGTON - Giving up on overhauling the nation's health care system is not an option, the top House Democrat said Wednesday as lawmakers looked to President Barack Obama for guidance in his State of the Union address on how to revive the stalled legislation.