From Organizing for America Director Mitch Stewart: The cavalry is here — and they’re in white coats and scrubs: More than a half a million doctors and millions of nurses are joining forces to help pass real health reform.
As September draws to a close, across the country volunteers are continuing their tireless, methodical work to push for health insurance reform.
Yesterday, OFA/DNC New Media Director Natalie Foster announced the kick-off of the Health Reform Video Challenge: In many ways, the fight for health insurance reform comes down to a battle over information. The more people know about how broken the system is and the President’s plan to fix it, the more they want change. But there are an awful lot of lies to cut through, and a whole lot of truth to get out.
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The President’s Weekly Address: Progress with the G-20 in Pittsburgh
A common lie being perpetrated about health insurance reform is that it will cut your medicare benefits.
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Watch Live: President Obama Chairs the UN Security Council Meeting
This morning, nine months after taking office, President Obama made his first address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He spoke to the world leaders gathered there about their skepticism regarding America’s engagement with the international community, and reflected on how he has worked to change that in his first months as President of the United States.
Yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden addressed a meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners at Maryland’s National Harbor.
UPDATED : Today’s town hall has ended, but we’ll have more coverage of the Vice President later in the day.
Amid this week’s meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon has designated today as a conference on climate change. This morning, President Obama addressed over 100 assembled representatives of the world’s nations, emphasizing that although the challenge ahead of us is great, we hold the solutions to this global crisis.