We will help you get your mom off drugs!

NOTE: the audio on this instance drops out at around 15 min. Please visit vimeo.com for the full video. President Obama holds a town hall focused on health insurance reform in Shaker Heights, Ohio. The President addresses how health insurance reform is essential to our financial security, and explains how his plan will benefit all Americans, including those who already have insurance. After his opening remarks, the President takes a variety of questions from the audience, including questions on Medicare and health education . July 27, 2009. (Public Domain)

doctors and nurses know how badly we need reform. We have broad agreement in Congress on about 80% of what we’re trying to achieve. And we continue to work on the other 20%. We have an agreement from the drug companies, who violently opposed reform in the past, to make prescription drugs more affordable for seniors. The AARP supports this policy, and agrees with us that reform must happen this year. But because we’re getting close, the fight is getting fierce. And the history is clear: …