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Barack Obama: If you do the responsible thing, if you pay your premiums each month so that you are covered in case of a crisis, when…

On the recordAugust 13, 2009
If you do the responsible thing, if you pay your premiums each month so that you are covered in case of a crisis, when that crisis comes, if you have a heart attack or your husband finds out he has cancer, or you son or daughter is rushed to the hospital -- at the time when you're most vulnerable and most frightened, you can't be getting a phone call from your insurance company saying that your insurance is revoked.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama emphasizes the importance of health insurance coverage and the distress caused when insurance is revoked during a medical crisis.

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