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President Obama's Comments on Health Reform

Submitted by Erick Edtl on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 4:02pm

Below (and attached) you will find the extracted text from the President's press conference on June 23rd, 2009. His description of the why and how of health care reform, including the value of a public plan, all within a brief set of comments, is exemplary of how a great public speaker and teacher can get complex ideas across in a convincing way.

Here's the transcript:

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President's comments on June 11 citing Gesinger & Intermountain

Submitted by Paul Keller on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 3:27pm.
FOR THE RECORD
 
President cited Geisinger and Intermountain as a models in his June 11 speech.  Here is an exerpt and see attached for full speech.
 
'We have to ask why places like the Geisinger Health system in rural Pennsylvania, Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City, or communities like Green Bay can offer high-quality care at costs well below average, but other places in America can't. We need to identify the best practices across the country, learn from the success, and replicate that success elsewhere. And we should change the warped incentives that reward doctors and hospitals based on how many tests or procedures they prescribe, even if those tests or procedures aren't necessary or result from medical mistakes. Doctors across this country did not get into the medical profession to be bean counters or paper pushers; to be lawyers or business executives. They became doctors to heal people. And that's what we must free them to do".