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Photographic summary of president Obama's speech today in Ohio, under the cut.
First, president Obama just gave an interview to that obnoxious Jake Tapper and told him that he's convinced he'll sign HCR: "I believe we are going to get the votes, we're going to make this happen"...
..."These insurance reforms would start right away," the president said. "But getting in place a system that works over time, including making sure we get more primary care physicians, more nurses into the system, working with hospitals and doctors to reduce medical error rates that drive up cost -- all those things are going to be changes that happen year after year over a period of time, but we've got to start now.
"If we don't start now, it's going to be too late," Obama said. "If we don't start now, then it won't be in place three, four, five years from now and then we'll be waiting another decade or another 15 years or another 20 years to actually take on this problem."
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As most people know by now, the choice of location for the president' speech today, came after he received the now-famous letter from Natoma Canfield, resident of Ohio. Natoma was going to introduce the president, but last week went back to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with Leukemia. She is uninsured now and obviously going through terrible ordeal. Connie Anderson, the sister of Natoma, filled in for her and introduced the president.
Below you can see scans of Natoma's letter, that was sent when she was still cancer-free, and the president's response.
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Some pretty cool pictures from this event. The woman in the second pic is Natoma's sister, Connie Anderson. (Photos credit goes to Getty and AP).
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And, a few swagger shots for you, you know who you are, yet again. :)
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