By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, defiant against critics of his troubled healthcare plan, vowed on Monday to press ahead with the rollout and asked supporters to help as the White House struggled to gain control of the debate over his signature achievement in the face of mounting criticism. Obama went before 200 of the core activists who helped turn out the vote for him in his re-election a year ago, seeking their assistance to enroll people into the Affordable Care Act amid signs that early enrollment numbers will fall far short of expectations. "I need your help to educate folks about this law." Obama has come under fire for a website that has not worked properly since the system came on line October 1 and for the fact that thousands of Americans are seeing their private insurance plans canceled despite his 2010 promise that under Obamacare, "if you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan." The problems have contributed to a drop in his job approval rating to about 40 percent and given his Republican critics ammunition to use against a healthcare law they have fought bitterly since it was proposed during his first presidential campaign in 2008.
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