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发帖数: 17544 | 1 Following is the prepared text of President Obama’s speech to Congress on
the need to overhaul health care in the United States, as released by the
White House.
Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American
people:
When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic
crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs
per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of
collapse.
As any American who | E*V
发帖数: 17544 | 2 Then there's the problem of rising costs. We spend one-and-a-half times more
per person on health care than any other country, but we aren't any
healthier for it. This is one of the reasons that insurance premiums have
gone up three times faster than wages. It's why so many employers –
especially small businesses – are forcing their employees to pay more for
insurance, or are dropping their coverage entirely. It's why so many
aspiring entrepreneurs cannot afford to open a business in the first p
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: Following is the prepared text of President Obama’s speech to Congress on
: the need to overhaul health care in the United States, as released by the
: White House.
: Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American
: people:
: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic
: crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs
: per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of
: collapse.
: As any American who
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发帖数: 17544 | 3 (Page 3 of 8)
First, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already
have health insurance through your job, Medicare, Medicaid, or the VA,
nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the
coverage or the doctor you have. Let me repeat this: nothing in our plan
requires you to change what you have.
What this plan will do is to make the insurance you have work better for you
. Under this plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to
deny you co
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: Then there's the problem of rising costs. We spend one-and-a-half times more
: per person on health care than any other country, but we aren't any
: healthier for it. This is one of the reasons that insurance premiums have
: gone up three times faster than wages. It's why so many employers –
: especially small businesses – are forcing their employees to pay more for
: insurance, or are dropping their coverage entirely. It's why so many
: aspiring entrepreneurs cannot afford to open a business in the first p
| b*****l
发帖数: 9499 | 4 靠，这稿子写得好啊。
American
jobs
of
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: Following is the prepared text of President Obama’s speech to Congress on
: the need to overhaul health care in the United States, as released by the
: White House.
: Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American
: people:
: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic
: crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs
: per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of
: collapse.
: As any American who
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发帖数: 17544 | 5 你没有听？教主奖的更好
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: 靠，这稿子写得好啊。
:
: American
: jobs
: of
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发帖数: 17544 | 6 (Page 4 of 8)
That's why under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health
insurance – just as most states require you to carry auto insurance.
Likewise, businesses will be required to either offer their workers health
care, or chip in to help cover the cost of their workers. There will be a
hardship waiver for those individuals who still cannot afford coverage, and
95% of all small businesses, because of their size and narrow profit margin,
would be exempt from these requirement
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: (Page 3 of 8)
: First, if you are among the hundreds of millions of Americans who already
: have health insurance through your job, Medicare, Medicaid, or the VA,
: nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the
: coverage or the doctor you have. Let me repeat this: nothing in our plan
: requires you to change what you have.
: What this plan will do is to make the insurance you have work better for you
: . Under this plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to
: deny you co
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发帖数: 17544 | 7 (Page 5 of 8)
Despite all this, the insurance companies and their allies don't like this
idea. They argue that these private companies can't fairly compete with the
government. And they'd be right if taxpayers were subsidizing this public
insurance option. But they won't be. I have insisted that like any private
insurance company, the public insurance option would have to be self-
sufficient and rely on the premiums it collects. But by avoiding some of the
overhead that gets eaten up at private
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: (Page 4 of 8)
: That's why under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health
: insurance – just as most states require you to carry auto insurance.
: Likewise, businesses will be required to either offer their workers health
: care, or chip in to help cover the cost of their workers. There will be a
: hardship waiver for those individuals who still cannot afford coverage, and
: 95% of all small businesses, because of their size and narrow profit margin,
: would be exempt from these requirement
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发帖数: 17544 | 8 (Page 6 of 8)
The only thing this plan would eliminate is the hundreds of billions of
dollars in waste and fraud, as well as unwarranted subsidies in Medicare
that go to insurance companies – subsidies that do everything to pad their
profits and nothing to improve your care. And we will also create an
independent commission of doctors and medical experts charged with
identifying more waste in the years ahead.
These steps will ensure that you – America's seniors – get the benefits
you've been pro
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: (Page 5 of 8)
: Despite all this, the insurance companies and their allies don't like this
: idea. They argue that these private companies can't fairly compete with the
: government. And they'd be right if taxpayers were subsidizing this public
: insurance option. But they won't be. I have insisted that like any private
: insurance company, the public insurance option would have to be self-
: sufficient and rely on the premiums it collects. But by avoiding some of the
: overhead that gets eaten up at private
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发帖数: 17544 | 9 (Page 7 of 8)
But know this: I will not waste time with those who have made the
calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than improve it. I
will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to
keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what's in the plan
, we will call you out. And I will not accept the status quo as a solution.
Not this time. Not now.
Everyone in this room knows what will happen if we do nothing. Our deficit
will grow. More fam
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: (Page 6 of 8)
: The only thing this plan would eliminate is the hundreds of billions of
: dollars in waste and fraud, as well as unwarranted subsidies in Medicare
: that go to insurance companies – subsidies that do everything to pad their
: profits and nothing to improve your care. And we will also create an
: independent commission of doctors and medical experts charged with
: identifying more waste in the years ahead.
: These steps will ensure that you – America's seniors – get the benefits
: you've been pro
| E*V
发帖数: 17544 | 10 (Page 8 of 8)
You see, our predecessors understood that government could not, and should
not, solve every problem. They understood that there are instances when the
gains in security from government action are not worth the added constraints
on our freedom. But they also understood that the danger of too much
government is matched by the perils of too little; that without the
leavening hand of wise policy, markets can crash, monopolies can stifle
competition, and the vulnerable can be exploited.
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: (Page 7 of 8)
: But know this: I will not waste time with those who have made the
: calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than improve it. I
: will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to
: keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what's in the plan
: , we will call you out. And I will not accept the status quo as a solution.
: Not this time. Not now.
: Everyone in this room knows what will happen if we do nothing. Our deficit
: will grow. More fam
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发帖数: 9499 | 11 网上还没找到啊。。。
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: 你没有听？教主奖的更好
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发帖数: 17544 | 12 啊，我看到tv，你去youtube，应该有
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