President Obama today urged congressional leaders to schedule a final vote on health care reform legislation before Congress breaks for its Easter recess at the end of the month. He called for an up-or-down vote, signaling support for the use of the budgetary process known as "reconciliation," which requires a simple 51-vote majority for passage in the Senate. The White House last week released a summary of the president's health care reform proposal, which was largely based on the Senate's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590). In a letter yesterday to congressional leaders, the president voiced support for adding at least four policy priorities identified by Republicans at a Feb. 25 meeting on health reform. These include support for an additional $50 million in grants for medical liability demonstrations; ways to increase doctor reimbursement if Medicaid is expanded; allowing high-deductible health plans to participate in the health insurance exchange; and using "medical professionals to conduct random undercover investigations of health care."