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Obama Health Insurance Insight, Pt.1 – Where are we now?

Lynn Sweet, of the Sun-Times News Group has provided us with a very informative insight concerning the latest statements from the newly-established Democratic contender, Barack Obama concerning health insurance. Here is a condensed review of the well-written article by Lynn Sweet. Recently Obama delivered in the Bristol Health Care Town Hall, in Virginia. He wasted little time in attacking John McCain’s failure to address the crises concerning the, almost 50 million Americans who don’t have health insurance. Obama announced that this is “one of the most important challenges we face in this country and one of the biggest issues in this election.” He related to the audience about all the “heartbreaking stories” he constantly hears every day and has been hearing over the last 16 months from hurting people without health insurance, but with high medical bills.

He speaks of a young female who attends college all day, then has to rush off to a job just to pay for her sister’s medicine. A man that three kids with cystic fibrosis nearly lost his home for the medical bills and still can’t afford health insurance. His wife and family are still not covered and live in fear of being wiped out if one more single illness should come about. He, then, commits “This election is about them. It’s about you.” He mentions the 47 million Americans without health insurance coming from states, just like theirs. He mentions the millions of others that are struggling just to hang in there and keep what little coverage they have.

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