The president used this weekly address to confront health care in America. President Obama outlines some actions being taken to begin a conciseness in reforming the current.
Lower cost, quality and choice is a major goal. Obama also says that health care reform can not add to the nations budget deficit.
The President makes clear that as Congress works through health care reform legislation, it must include fundamental changes that lower costs, ensure Americans have choices, and establish access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans. "But what we can’t welcome," the President says, "is reform that just invests more money in the status quot reform that throws good money after bad habits."
On Wednesday, May 13, 2009 the President, Speaker Pelosi, and other Leadership from the House of Representatives came out from meeting together with a new target on moving forward with health reform. Quality, affordable and accessible health care for all Americans was the issue of the day.
Its not often that a sitting president out the White House like this. President Obama after the Speaker in the South Drive at the Oval Office.
pass legislation through the House by July 31st
