U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Congressional lawmakers to pass legislation providing comprehensive health care to all Americans. Reforming the U.S. health care system and providing more comprehensive, affordable health care has seemingly become one of Obama's main domestic policy priorities, especially in the past couple of days. Obama's statement on Wednesday on the South Drive of the White House came after several meetings this week between the President and leaders in the health care and business industries on ways to cut nearly $2 trillion from the budget by saving on health care costs. Promising “affordable, accessible, high quality health care for all Americans,” Obama touted the current efforts of the U.S. House of Representatives, which are working to pass comprehensive health care legislation before they leave for the summer by the end of July. Stressing the urgency of the matter, Obama said “our health care system is broken…it is unsustainable,” and that the cost of maintaining the broken system is “the most significant driver, by far, of our [national] debt.” “That's why we've got to get this done…we've got to get this done this year,” the President added. Passing and implementing such legislation could save each family around $2,500, Obama said. During his statements, he promised that with the new health care system, Americans would have lower costing health care, the ability to choose their own doctors, and have “quality” health care that is accessible to all Americans.
