Weekly Presidential Address

In this week’s address, President Obama recounts the lessons and history of past attempts to pass a Patients Bill of Rights. We are now closer than ever to passing health reform legislation, and the protections provided by both the House bill and the Senate bill under consideration will be the toughest actions taken yet to hold the insurance industry accountable. And reforms in this legislation will make this the largest deficit reduction plan in over a decade. While opponents to reform are working hard to prevent the passage of these bills, the President asks members of the Senate to not block an up or down vote.