WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama called on congressional Democrats Wednesday to “fight” to preserve his signature health care reform, with its future in doubt as Donald Trump’s incoming administration vowed a swift repeal of the controversial law.

Obamacare, the fruit of an eight-year drive to extend medical coverage to tens of millions of Americans, will come under sustained assault when Trump takes office on January 20 with Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress.

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