House Democratic Caucus Speech by Obama

Healthcare reform has come under some heavy debate since Barack Obama was elected into the presidency. Many attempts to pass national healthcare bills have all come to the same conclusion thus far, failure. In an effort to change history, the president has once again brought the idea into consideration. At the House Democratic Caucus on Saturday he spoke about the importance of the healthcare bill to the entire country.

He started of by explaining that it was the decisions of this government that got America to break free of “the worst recession since the Great Depression.” The aftereffects from the recession are still seen today, like an unusually high amount of people that are still unemployed. Well those are some of the people that are unable to qualify for healthcare and are in need of a public option. He explained how the House of Representatives, time and time again, has had to make significant changes to benefit the people of the country. This decision on healthcare should not be made because of individual opinions on the issue, but what is necessary for those in need, and what is needed is to give everybody the equal opportunity to receive healthcare according to Obama.

Obama recognized that this would be the most significant decision involving healthcare since the installment of Medicaid. He declares that, “this is the toughest insurance reforms in history.” With such a major decision at stake, it was vital for the president to get the backing of most of the Democrats because it is not supported by many Republicans.

The main objective in the bill was that, “[the government] is making sure that the system of private insurance works for ordinary families.” Obama’s goal was accomplished on Sunday as the bill was passed through the House, without a single Republican voting the bill through.