On the recordJuly 21, 2009
If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit. If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket.
Source
transcripts.cnn.com“If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit. If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket.”
President Obama emphasizes the importance of health care reform in controlling costs and the deficit.
Share
More from Barack Obama
And there’s no reason to suggest that we can’t get through this one either.
People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.
Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold the values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did.
Other voices in this conversation