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In his weekly address, the president said several well-known Republicans, including California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Bill Frist, are in favor of health care reform.

Obama also said Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a one-time Republican, and former Health and Human Service Secretaries Louis Sullivan and Tommy Thompson also support the plan.

Despite support from across the spectrum, Obama recognized the issue is still divisive among members of Congress and called for bipartisan work on the plan.

"These distinguished leaders understand that health insurance reform isn't a Democratic issue or a Republican issue, but an American issue that demands a solution," said the president. "Still, there are some in Washington today who seem determined to play the same old partisan politics, working to score political points, even if it means burdening this country with an unsustainable status quo. A status quo of rising health care costs that are crushing our families, our businesses, and our government."

However, Republican senators say they are still united against the Democrats' health care package.

During the Republican Party's weekly address, Florida Senator George LeMieux acknowledged problems with the current health care system, but he cautioned "the solution should not be worse than the problem."

He said Congress should not be rushed to pass a bill, claiming the Democrats' plan would deny millions the chance to choose their health plans by forcing them into Medicare.

LeMieux said the plan would also drain about $500 billion out of Medicare and put a new tax burden on those who do not buy health insurance.