President Barack Obama traveled to the State of Iowa Thursday to present the newly signed universal health care legislation.
“On Tuesday – after a year of debate, a century of trying, after so many of you shared your stories and your heartaches and your hopes – that promise was finally fulfilled. And today, health insurance reform is the law of the land all across America,” Obama said at the University of Iowa’s Field House in Iowa City.
Obama signed the complex and health care bill into law Wednesday after a yearlong debate among congressional legislators and several alterations to the original proposal. The plan was also debated in town hall meetings across the United States. But Congress voted to pass it Sunday by a vote of 219-212.
This Midwestern state is significant because the Iowa Caucuses are held every presidential election year and are the first major step towards selecting nominees for the U.S. presidency.
In Iowa, the president focused his address on the advantages to small-business owners, citing a local bookstore owner’s commitment to keep his employees covered.
“Starting today, small business owners can sit down at the end of the week, look at their expenses, and they can begin calculating how much money they’re going to save,” Obama told the crowd of several thousand people. “And maybe they can even use those savings to not only provide insurance but also create jobs. This health care tax credit is pro-jobs, it is pro-business, and it starts this year, and it’s starting because of you.”
Obama also named local citizens who were not covered by their insurances for various procedures.
“I met David Gallagher … [who] was denied coverage because he once had a complication-free hernia surgery,” Obama said. “But now, because of this reform, David Gallagher can finally have access to health insurance again. That starts this year. This year, insurance companies will no longer be able to drop people’s coverage when they get sick,” he said, “or place lifetime limits or restrictive annual limits on the amount of care they can receive.”
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Can not stop smoking
Difficulty telling the truth.
Narcissistic personality disorder
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I thank obama for passing this health reform. you might like this reform or hate this health reform bill. It is sad that some people are attacking the democrats offices and anyone who is a democrats. This is not the american way. I hope the republicans and democrats can come together and speak up against these violent attacks on other americans and democrats.
thanks
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The flaw in the bill (that I am aware of) is faulting the state for managing their own health programs, as some started to do. With a federal mandate against all forms of refusal as a hedge; I would think that each state will create an appropriate system to serve its inhabitants. IF THE STATES CAN TOP THE CURRENT NATIONAL PLAN, THEY SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO DO SO. I’m for getting it out of the Feds hands as soon as possible. States are simply more manageable entities; the country is too large and it’s size encourages corruption; it’s too loosely woven. Locale means something; it creates individuality, which is part of the charm of America, or used to be. A mega-mutual federal Health Care Fund however, makes sense for bucks, but the styles of health plans that dole it out could differ state to state; perhaps tailored to each State’s character and industry etc. We should have a national contest among the states to see who can get a plan up and running before the National Plan lumbers into action. I bet they could all beat it.
WHO CARES WHERE OBAMA WAS BORN OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB.
MUCH BETTER THAN BUSH AND CHENEY .
HE PUTS AMERICA FIRST .
BUSH AND CHENEY AND THE REPUBLICANS
HATE AMERICA AND GIVE OUR AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO SAUDI ARABIA AND ISRAEL AND CHINA . REPUBLICANS WASTED 8 YEARS OF STEALING OUR AMERICANS DOLLARS.
REPUBLICANS SUCK !!!
NO MORE REPUBLICANS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
IF YOU REPUBLICANS HATE AMERICA THEN DO NOT LIVE HERE IN THIS GREAT NATION .
LEAVE AMERICA NOW !!!