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U.S. NATIONAL NEWS
from Eyewitness News Online Obama rallies support for final health care votes March 19, 2010 1:42 PM FAIRFAX, Va. President Barack Obama is describing the stakes of this weekend's health care vote in stark terms, saying if the vote fails, "the insurance industry will continue to run amok." Speaking at a campaign-style rally at George Mason University in suburban Virginia, the president pointed to what he said would be more of the same -- rising rates, denials of coverage and limits on care. He emphasized the bill's provisions that would go into effect this year, including those banning insurers from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, dropping coverage when a person becomes ill or imposing annual or lifetime limits on care. Obama said the bill, if it becomes law, will deliver "the toughest insurance reforms in history" and "the largest middle class tax cut for health care in history." He called it "commonsense reform" and said the debate "is not only about the cost of our health care but the character of our country." A House vote on the Democrats' $940 billion health care reform bill is expected Sunday. |
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