Obama: We Will Get the Votes for Health Care Reform Bill [View All]

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Source: ABC News

President Obama Tells ABC He Thinks Dems Will Pass Bill, in Exclusive Interview

March 15, 2010—

President Obama told ABC News today he is confident that health care reform legislation will pass.

"I believe we are going to get the votes, we're going to make this happen," Obama told ABC's Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview. Obama said Democrats continue to work to get a bill ready for a vote by the end of the week.

Today a fiery Obama made a passionate plea for Congress to pass reform legislation by highlighting the struggle of one Ohio woman facing a serious illness without health insurance.

Natoma Canfield is a 50-year-old cleaning woman and cancer survivor from Medina, Ohio. She says she had to drop her Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance because her monthly premiums kept skyrocketing.

"You want to know why I'm here, Ohio? I'm here because of Natoma," Obama said in remarks at a senior center. "I'm here because of the countless others who have been forced to face the most terrifying challenges in their lives with the added burden of medical bills they can't pay. I don't think that's right."

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Tapper asked Obama about what his message is to Americans and the members of Congress who are worried about this bill. The president did not directly answer the question but said that most of the "misinformation" circulating about things like so-called "death panels" and a government takeover of health care "turned out not to be true."

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