obama noted that reagan put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it. it remains unclear whether the country was ready for obama s vision. the most dramatic change was health care, he spent the first few years of his presidency and all his political capital on passing it and i would argue even if trump finds a way to repeal and replace it, it remains a historic achievement. obama did what seven presidents failed to do he made health care a fundamental right. it s the signature achievement of a consequential president. but presidential legacies exist above and beyond laws and policies. we rememberohn f. knedy for the energy, vitality, elegance and intelligence he brought to the white house and in that sense obama has left an indelible mark. he and his family occupied the white house with dignity, grace, and good humor. he ran an administration that was largely scandal-free and he
cultural changes and some parts of the country, there has been a backlash to that change and to an african-american president. it remains unclear whether the country was ready for obama s vision. the most dramatic bet he made was health care. he spent the first few years of his presidency and all his political capital on passing it, and i would argue even if trump finds a way to repeal and replace it, remains a historic achievement. obama did what seven presidents failed to do. he made health care a fundamental right. it is the signature achievement of a consequential president. but presidential legacies also exist above and beyond laws and policies. we remember john f. kennedy for energy, vitality, elegance and intelligence he brought to the white house. obama has left an indelible mark. he ran an administration that
backlash to that change and to an african-american president. it remains unclear whether the country was ready for obama s vision. the most dramatic bet he made was health care. he spent the first few years of his presidency and all his political capital on passing it, and i would argue even if trump finds a way to repeal and replace it, remains a historic achievement. obama did what seven presidents failed to do. he made health care a fundamental right. it is the signature achievement of a consequential president. but presidential legacies also exist above and beyond laws and policies. we remember john f. kennedy for energy, vitality, elegance and intelligence he brought to the white house. obama has left an indill dell bl mark. he ran an administration that was largely scandal free and did it all the while under a microscope.
was health care. he spent the first few years of his presidency and all his political capital on passing it, and i would argue even if trump finds a way to repeal and replace it, remains a historic achievement. obama did what seven presidents failed to do. he made health care a fundamental right. it is the signature achievement of a consequential president. but presidential legacies also exist above and beyond laws and policies. we remember john f. kennedy for energy, vitality, elegance and intelligence he brought to the white house. and in that sense, obama has left an indelible mark. he and his family occupied the white house with dignity, grace, and good humor. he ran an administration that was largely scandal free and did it all the while under a microscope. because he looked different. in a sense, america made a big bet in electing barack obama as its first african-american president.
position. and that s why i have tended to look for a better system. is health care a right? i don t believe it is. but i do believe it s a responsible responsibility for a compassion at society which we are. that s why i ve evacuated the use of health savings accounts. make them available to everyone who can pay for them with the same dollars that we pay for traditional care with. we give people flexibility to move money around in their hsa within their family. it gives you enormous flexibility to cover almost anything that comes up. makes the cost of catastrophic insurance go down dramatically because the only thing coming out of it is catastrophic health care. and that will easily take care of the majority of people in this country for less money than we re paying now. but what about engine? this is where medicaid and things of that come in. indigent. but the annual medicaid budget is $405 billion a year.