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Affordable Health Care for All Americans

The Obama-Biden Plan

Senator Barack Obama

JAMA. 2008;300(16):1927-1928.

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The 2 major Presidential candidates were asked to provide "a statement regarding your proposal for health care in America." The following are their answers as submitted.

All across this country, I’ve heard countless heartbreaking stories from people struggling to make ends meet while coping with a broken health care system. Each one reminds me that this election is about them. It's about them and every one of the 45 million Americans across this country who go without the health care they need and the millions more who struggle to pay rising costs.

Over the past 8 years, 7 million Americans have joined the ranks of the uninsured, and many of them are people whom insurers refuse to cover because of existing medical conditions. Premiums have nearly doubled as the average family has watched its real income fall by $2000. More than 10 million Americans with insurance . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Quality Health Coverage for Every American

Author Affiliation: Mr Obama is a senator from Illinois. He is the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.



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