Obama Pitched Universal Health Care to Students in Meeting Prior to His Speech on Education

CNS News
September 09, 2009
Penny Starr

“You hear about people who are sick but don't have health care, and suddenly they get a bill for $100,000, and there's no way they can pay for it, and they're about to lose their house. And you’re just reminded that the country is full of really good people who sometimes are going through a hard time,” Obama said.

They just need a break. They need a little bit of help. Maybe the way things are set up right now isn't always fair for people, and that motivates you, because you say, well, I can't make everything perfect, I can't prevent somebody from getting sick, but maybe I can make sure that they've got insurance so that when they do get sick, they're going to get some help.”

Another student asked the president about health care in Iraq and Afghanistan: “And my question is, currently 36 countries have universal health coverage, including Iraq and Afghanistan, which have it paid for by the United States. Why can't the United States have universal health

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Comments: Now we have the facts about what his real speech was going to be about -- his AGENDA which he had to change his tactics when there was such an uproar. Would bet this interchange was going to be originally broadcast all across America. The MSM wants to know why parents were upset at the original plans -- all they have to do is look at what Obama did at the school he used to speak to students. Cannot even fathom what his original speech was going to say. Indoctrination comes to mind!