The chance to finally reform our nation’s health care system is here. While
Congress moves rapidly to produce a detailed plan, I have made it clear that
real reform must uphold three core principles — it must reduce costs,
guarantee choice, and ensure quality care for every American.
As we know, challenging the status quo will not be easy. Its defenders will
claim our goals are too big, that we should once again settle for half
measures and empty talk. Left unanswered, these voices of doubt might yet
again derail the comprehensive reform we so badly need. That’s where you come
in.
When our opponents spread fear and confusion about the changes we seek, your
support for these core principles will show clarity and resolve. When the
lobbyists for the status quo tell Congress to hold back, your personal story
will give them the courage to press forward.
Join my call: Ask Congress to pass real health care
reform in 2009.
By declaring your support for the three core principles, you have already
taken the first step — thank you. Now, consider sharing your personal story
about the importance of health care reform in your life, and the lives of
those you love.
I will be personally reviewing many of these signatures and stories. If you
speak up now, your voice will make a difference.
http://my.barackobama.com/HealthCareStory
American families are watching their premiums rise four times faster than
their wages. Spiraling health care costs are shackling America’s businesses,
curtailing job growth and slowing the economy at the worst possible time.
This has got to change.
I know personal stories can drive that change, because I know how my mother’s
experience continues to drive me. She passed away from ovarian cancer a
little over a decade ago. And in the last weeks of her life, when she was
coming to grips with her own mortality and showing extraordinary courage just
to get through each day, she was spending too much time worrying about
whether her health insurance would cover her bills. She deserved better.
Every American deserves better. And that’s why I will not rest until the
dream of health care reform is finally achieved in the United States of
America.
Share your personal story about why you too will not rest until this job is
done.
http://my.barackobama.com/HealthCareStory
Last November, the American people sent Washington a clear mandate for
change. But when the polls close, the true work of citizenship begins. That’s
what Organizing for America is all about. Now, in these crucial moments, your
voice once again has extraordinary power. I’m counting on you to use it.
Thank you,
President Barack Obama
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