Video – First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks on Health Insurance Reform and Older Women

Watch as First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about the difficulties senior women face in today’s health insurance market and the importance of reform. From the The White House, Washington, D.C. on November 13, 2009.

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Video – President Barack Obama On the Passage of Health Care Reform

Watch as President Obama speaks moments after the historic passage by the House of Representatives of the Senate’s health reform legislation.

After a vote on March 21, 22, 2010 in the U.S. House of Representatives (Congress) to pass health care reform (health insurance reform), President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, speaks to all Americans on the change they will finally see as they are given back control over their own health care and health insurance choices.

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Video – The Influence of Money and Lobbying on Health Care Reform

Watch as Bill Moyers explores at the influence of money and lobbying on health care reform efforts in Washington, D.C. on The Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.

Last month, testimony in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation by a former health insurance insider named Wendell Potter made news even before it occurred: CBS NEWS headlined: “Cigna Whistleblower to Testify.” After Potter’s testimony the industry scrambled to do damage control: “Insurers defend rescissions, take heat for lack of transparency.”

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Video – First Lady Michelle Obama Explains that Health Insurance Reform Matters to Women

First Lady Michelle Obama explains why Health Insurance Reform matters to women. Watch First Lady Michelle Obama explain why Health Insurance Reform matters to women.

The First Lady says that, in some states, maternity care is not covered because pregnancy can be seen as a pre-existing condition.  Worse, it’s even legal in some states to deny a woman coverage because shes been a victim of domestic violence.
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Video – First Lady Michelle Obama Endorses a Healthy Diet and Exercise at the White House

First Lady Michelle Obama talks to school children about the importance of exercise and nutrition at the Healthy Kids Fair on the South Lawn at the White House.  Watch as First Lady Michelle Obama Endorses a Healthy Diet and Exercise.

According to the White House Blog, First Lady Michelle Obama considers the White House garden as more than a plot of land. It also is a soapbox, a podium from where she can send her message of healthy eating.

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Video – President Barack Obama Rose Garden Address on Milestones for Health Reform and Iraq (White House, DC)

President Barack Obama speaks to the press in the Rose Garden of the White House about the Congressional House of Representatives passage of health insurance reform and new progress towards autonomy in Iraq.  Watch President Obama Address on Milestones for Health Reform and Iraq on November 8, 2009.
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Video – First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month (White House, DC)

First Lady Michelle Obama recognizes new advances in the treatment and heightened awareness of breast cancer and says women need health insurance reform to prevent and combat the disease.  Watch as First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden Observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Video – President Obama says Health Reform is Urgent for the Economy

President Barack Obama discusses ongoing efforts to spur job creation.

The President also explains why health insurance reform is needed not just for long-term economic stability, but in the immediate future, discussing statistics on how costs will continue to skyrocket and hurt small businesses even next year.  Watch President Obama’s Weekly Address for October 3, 2009.

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