07/22/2012
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"President-elect Obama recognizes that many of you have been working for many years on these issues and that any effort at reform will require very close collaboration with Congress."
"Studies have shown that for every $1 spent on prevention we could net a return of $5.60 in health care costs."
"America cannot afford more of the same when it comes to health care in this country."
"It is unacceptable that in a nation of approximately 300 million people, nearly one in six Americans don't have health insurance."