old. she has two kids, a husband, they both have jobs, they have insurance but she has stage 4 breast cancer and now she s worried that she s going to hit her lifetime caps and leave her family bankrupt. and he said, that s not the country we believe in, so let s just keep fighting. and then a few weeks later there was a discussion in the oval office and someone suggested that perhaps we d have to scale back or throw the towel in on this and he turned to phil shiliro , his legislative director, and he said, phil, what do you think the chances of passing this law are? and phil said, well, it depends how lucky you feel, mr. president, which is not necessarily something you want if you re president and he said,
and i talked to a woman 36 years old. she has two kids, a husband, they both have jobs, they have insurance but she has stage 4 breast cancer and now she s worried that she s going to hit her lifetime caps and leave her family bankrupt. and he said, that s not the country we believe in, so let s just keep fighting. and then a few weeks later there was a discussion in the oval office and someone suggested that perhaps we d have to scale back or throw the towel in on this and he turned to phil shalero, his legislative director, and he said, phil, what do you think the chances of passing this law are? and he said it depends if you feel lucky and he smiled and said, i m a black guy named barack hussein obama and i m president of the united states. i feel lucky every day. do you remember the day it passed? because this was an emotional thing for me, even though i was
less than 100 bucks. and there was a time when i looked healthy like these folks and thought i was never going to get sick. but what you discover is that some tough stuff happens. you have a run of bad luck. you suddenly need hospitalization. you have an accident. you get an illness. and for young people to realize it s in their health interest to get ongoing preventive care, to be able to get free contraception, benefits like mammograms that allow them to maintain their health throughout their lives without fear of going bankrupt or making their family bankrupt if they get sick, that s something that s priceless. and i think most young people are going to recognize that. so my advice to everybody is the website s now working. go to healthcare.gov, take a
get ongoing preventive care, to be able to get free contraception, benefits like mammograms that allow them to maintain their health throughout their lives without fear of going bankrupt or making their family bankrupt if they get sick, that s something that s priceless. and i think most young people are going to recognize that. so my advice to everybody is the website s now working. go to healthcare.gov, take a look for yourself in your state what s available to you. there is no reason why you should not have health insurance. and by the way, if you don t get health insurance and then you get in an accident, the rest of us end up paying for it. because the hospitals, they end up essentially charge hidden subsidies for those who don t have health insurance. that s what we re trying to eliminate. you saw the story about the
business, and you re not going to have health insurance, this gives you the opportunity to get high-quality health insurance, and for most people under 30, it s probably going to cost less than your cell phone bill or cable bill. less than 100 bugs. and, you know there was a time when i looked healthy like these folks and thought i was never going to get sick. what you discover is that some tough stuff happens. you have a run of bad luck. you suddenly need hospitalization. you have an accident. you get an illness. and for young people to recognize that it is in their financial interest and their health interest to be able to get ongoing preventive care. to be able to get free contraception and, you know, benefits that like mammograms that allow them to maintain their health throughout their lives without fear of going bankrupt or making their family