All stories published by Keith Hennessey on August 13, 2009

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 12)

We continue debating the President’s health care pitch at the Portsmouth town hall:

THE PRESIDENT: Another way of putting this is right now insurance companies are rationing care. They are basically telling you…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 15)

We continue to review the President’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire remarks on health care:

THE PRESIDENT: A single-payer plan would be a plan like Medicare for all, or the kind of plan that they have in Canada, where…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 14)

We continue reviewing the President’s remarks on health care reform in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:

THE PRESIDENT: Now, in terms of savings for you as a Medicare recipient, the biggest one is on prescription drugs…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 9)

Here is still more from the President’s health care town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:

THE PRESIDENT: And so I do think it’s important for particularly seniors who currently receive Medicare to understand that…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 7)

Here’s still more from the President in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire town hall on health care reform:

THE PRESIDENT: We have the AARP on board because they know this is a good deal for our seniors.

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 5)

Here again is the President speaking about health care in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:

THE PRESIDENT: … because there’s no reason we shouldn’t be catching diseases like breast cancer and prostate cancer on the front…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 10)

Here’s more from the President’s health care reform town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:

THE PRESIDENT: We also want to make sure that everybody has some options. So there’s been talk about this public option…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 11)

Here are two Presidential answers to different questions. The contrast is instructive:

THE PRESIDENT: And I do think that having a public option as part of that would keep the insurance companies honest, because if…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 4)

Here is the President speaking about health care reform at a town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:

THE PRESIDENT: And finally … this is important … we will require insurance companies to cover routine checkups and…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 13)

Here is still another element of the President’s health care pitch at the Portsmouth town hall:

THE PRESIDENT: Under the reform we’re proposing, insurance companies will be prohibited from denying coverage because…

Debating the President’s Portsmouth pitch (part 6)

Continuing with the series, here is the President talking about health care reform in Portsmouth, New Hampshire:

THE PRESIDENT: And we will do this without adding to our deficit over the next decade, largely by…