Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14.21J - Health Economics, Fall 2009
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
14.21J - Health Economics, Fall 2009
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Audio Excerpts from President Obama's Address to a Joint Session of Congress,
September 9, 2009
| (1:45) "Everybody understands the extraordinary hardships that are placed on the uninsured, who live every day just one accident or illness away from bankruptcy ..." | |
| (1:31) "Then there's the problem of rising cost. We spend one and a half times more per person on health care than any other country ..." | |
| (2:32) "Here are the details that every American needs to know about this plan. First, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already have health insurance ..." | |
| (2:16) "Now, if you're one of the tens of millions of Americans who don't currently have health insurance, the second part of this plan will finally offer you quality affordable choices ..." | |
| (1:54) "Even if we provide these affordable options, there may be those, especially the young and the healthy, who may want to take the risk and go without coverage ..." | |
| (1:42) "Now, my health care proposal has also been attacked by some who oppose reform as a government takeover of the entire health care system ..." | |
| (1:37) "But an additional step we can take to keep insurance companies honest is by making a not-for-profit public option available in the insurance exchange ..." | |
| (0:28) "We've estimated that most of this plan can be paid for by finding savings within the existing health care system ..." | |
| (1:00) "The only thing this plan would eliminate is the hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and fraud ..." | |
| (1:24) "Because Medicare is such a big part of the health care system, making the program more efficient could help usher in changes in the way we deliver health care that can reduce costs for everybody ..." |
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