President Obama on Healthcare Reform: "We’ve got to get it done this year"
UPDATED w/ VIDEO:
From President Obama’s remarks to the press, following his meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats:
As Speaker Pelosi just mentioned, the House is working to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill by July 31st, before they head out for the August recess. And that’s the kind of urgency and determination that we need to achieve what I believe will be historic legislation.
As I’ve said before, and as all Americans know, our health care system is broken. It’s unsustainable for families, for businesses. It is unsustainable for the federal government and state governments.
…That’s why we’ve got to get this done. We’ve got to get it done this year. We’ve got to get it done this year — both in the House and in the Senate. And we don’t have any excuses; the stars are aligned.
…And I want the message to go out all across America, we are not going to rest until we’ve delivered the kind of health care reform that’s going to bring down cost for families, and improve quality, affordability, accessibility for all Americans.
Read the President’s full remarks . . .
UPDATED w/ VIDEO:
From President Obama’s remarks to the press, following his meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats:
As Speaker Pelosi just mentioned, the House is working to pass a comprehensive health care reform bill by July 31st, before they head out for the August recess. And that’s the kind of urgency and determination that we need to achieve what I believe will be historic legislation.
As I’ve said before, and as all Americans know, our health care system is broken. It’s unsustainable for families, for businesses. It is unsustainable for the federal government and state governments.
…That’s why we’ve got to get this done. We’ve got to get it done this year. We’ve got to get it done this year — both in the House and in the Senate. And we don’t have any excuses; the stars are aligned.
…And I want the message to go out all across America, we are not going to rest until we’ve delivered the kind of health care reform that’s going to bring down cost for families, and improve quality, affordability, accessibility for all Americans.