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February 25th, 2010 at 12:20 am

Obama White House Health Care Summit Online: Live Stream Video 2010 Bipartisan Health Reform Meeting 2-25-10

President Obama Addresses The Media In The White House Briefing Room

Watch the Obama White House Health Care Reform summit live online. The 2010 bipartisan health reform meeting live stream video of the Thurs. Feb. 25 conference is embedded below. The summit start time is 10:00 a.m. ET. Full details on the administration and Democratic and Republican Congressional attendees, broadcast schedule and agenda of the meeting held at The Blair House in Washington, DC are below after the jump.

UPDATED with full video and transcript below.






Here are links to the full video which can be seen on CSPAN:

See also full transcript:

  • Part 1: : Opening remarks by President Obama, Sen. Alexander, Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Reid
  • Part 2
  • Part 3

Previously……

Live web-feed video. The event can also be seen on the White House Web site as well as on CNN Live and on YouTube. The meeting will also be televised on the following channels: CSPAN 3, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. It can also be streamed with the special White House iPhone app which is a free download.

The meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. ET and ends at 4:00 p.m. ET.

UPDATE: Obama, Lamar Alexander, McCain, Reid, Pelosi at bipartisan health care meeting. Transcript

Here is the overview from the White House: A Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform

Democratic and GOP Participants are as follows:

Senate
**Democrats:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Sen. Dick Durbin
Sen. Chuck Schumer
Sen. Patty Murray
Sen. Max Baucus,
Sen. Chris Dodd
Sen. Tom Harkin
Sen. Jay Rockefeller
Sen. Kent Conrad

**Republicans
Sen. Jon Kyl, (AZ) Senate Republican Whip
Sen. Lamar Alexander, (TN)
Sen. Chuck Grassley, (IA)
Sen. Mike Enzi, (WY)
Sen. John McCain, (AZ)
Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D., (OK)
Sen. John Barrasso, M.D. (WY)

House

**Democrats
Speaker Nancy Pelosi
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
House Majority Whip James Clyburn
Rep. Charles Rangel
Rep. Henry Waxman
Rep. George Miller
Rep. John Dingell
Rep. Xavier Becerra
Rep. Louis Slaughter
Rep. Rob Andrews
Rep. Jim Cooper

**Republicans
Republican Leader John Boehner
Republican Whip Eric Cantor (VA)
Rep. Joe Barton (TX)
Rep. Dave Camp (MI)
Rep. John Kline (MN)
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (LA)
Rep. Peter Roskam (IL)
Rep. Paul Ryan (WI)

Source and more details on the attendees here: Participants in White House healthcare summit

See also: Seating chart at Blair House

According to the L.A. Times, quoting from the White House, the format of the meeting is as follows.

It will last from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. The meeting agenda will consist of four topics, with one hour allotted for each:

Cost control: introduced by President Obama
Deficit reduction: introduced by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Expansion of coverage: introduced by Vice President Biden
Overhaul of the insurance system: introduced by Obama

There will be only one break, a 30-45 minute buffet lunch.

President Barack Obama will deliver an opening statement expected to last 5-7 minutes followed by statements from one Democrat and one Republican. Obama will moderate the discussion throughout the entire summit

The meeting will take place at the Blair House, which is an official government guest residence located across the street from the White House. Present in the meeting room will be approximately 50 GOP and Democratic lawmakers and staff members, as well as the press.

Sources and more details: Setup for health care summit

A preview video is below. For more on the historic Feb. 25, 2010 meeting see:

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