美国总统电台演说 2009-07-18

　　美国总统电台演说 2009-07-18

　　Prepared Remarks of President

　　Barack Obama

　　Weekly Address

　　Saturday, July 18th, 2009

　　Right now in Washington, our Senate and House of Representatives are both debating proposals for health insurance reform. Today, I want to speak with you about the stakes of this debate, for our people and for the future of our nation.

　　This is an issue that affects the health and financial well-being of every single American and the stability of our entire economy.

　　It’s about every family unable to keep up with soaring out of pocket costs and premiums rising three times faster than wages. Every worker afraid of losing health insurance if they lose their job, or change jobs. Everyone who’s worried that they may not be able to get insurance or change insurance if someone in their family has a pre-existing condition.

　　It’s about a woman in Colorado who told us that when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, her insurance company – the one she’d paid over $700 a month to – refused to pay for her treatment. She had to use up her retirement funds to save her own life.

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