Wed Jul 1, 2009 4:36pm EDT

By David Alexander and Andy Sullivan

ANNANDALE, Virginia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday sought to build support to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system as a key Republican questioned whether bipartisan support among lawmakers is possible.

With Congress out of session for a week, Obama urged participants at a question-and-answer session in a Washington suburb to be wary of “scare tactics” and hugged a woman who said she did not have health insurance or money of her own to treat a tumor.

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