On the recordAugust 22, 2009
Our system really is not a health care system. It's more like a disease care system. All right? We wait until people get sick and then we provide them care.
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transcripts.cnn.com“Our system really is not a health care system. It's more like a disease care system. All right? We wait until people get sick and then we provide them care.”
Obama critiques the current health care system's reactive nature.
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