What was the main theme of President Obamas town hall meeting today in Green Bay?”
Pres. Obama today held a town-hall meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to discuss healthcare reform. He spoke of the need to use the best options available to bring down costs across the board and generate honest competition in the insurance business. Strongly opposing the ills of a government managed system of “socialized medicine”, he assured the public that “If you like your doctor, you’ll be able to keep your doctor. If you like your healthcare plan, you’ll be able to keep your healthcare plan.” Obama went on to say that healthcare costs were spinning out of control, mounting far more quickly than economic growth or wage growth and added that “The status quo is unsustainable. If we don’t act, and act soon, to bring down healthcare costs, it will affect everyone’s healthcare.” He said that economists project that in 30 years, if nothing is done, Americans will be spending one out of every three dollars on healthcare. “Now, that’s untenable, it’s unacceptable”, he said, adding that as p
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/06/11/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5080729.shtml June 11, 2009 9:28 AM President Obama’s Schedule Today Posted by Michelle Levi President Obama will travel to Green Bay, Wisconsin, today where he will hold an afternoon town hall meeting on the need to reform the U.S. health care system. . . . —— http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090611/APC0101/90611052/1207/GPG0101 In Green Bay, President Barack Obama declares time to fix health care is now The Associated Press | June 11, 2009 GREEN BAY — Surrounded by supportive citizens in the heartland, President Barack Obama today challenged lawmakers back in Washington who criticize his proposed health care overhaul. “What’s the alternative?” he asked. A dispute over Obam
Green Bay – President Barack Obama gave a stern message Tuesday to a packed gymnasium at Green Bay Southwest High School: Do something soon to change the path of American health care or we’ll all pay a severe price. In his first visit to Wisconsin since his election, Obama called leaving things the way they are “the nightmare scenario” because of what it would mean to individuals without good care, to businesses, to the local and national economy, and to the federal budget. “If we don’t act soon and bring down costs . . . every American will feel the impact,” Obama told a crowd of more than 1,000, which included people involved in health care in Green Bay, people who had received tickets through an Internet distribution process, teachers at the school, and local political activists.
