IOWA - Obama for America announced today the launch of Nurses for Obama in Iowa, a campaign initiative designed to mobilize nurses across the country.
As we approach the two-year anniversary of President Obama's landmark health reform, Obama for America is engaging our supporters to talk about how health reform has already changed lives for the better. On today's call, National Press Secretary Ben LaBolt and local Iowa nurse Mary Burke, emphasized how the Affordable Care Act has affected Iowans since 2009. The statements below were prepared for delivery by Ben LaBolt and Mary Burke.
"Approximately 2 Million Iowans are now protected against the worst insurance company abuses, like denying health care to the sick, excessive premium increases, and lifetime caps on the amount of care a patient can receive, said National Press Secretary Ben LaBolt. "Soon, insurance companies won't be able to charge women higher premiums just because of their gender.
"This is just the beginning. As the reforms continue to phase in over the coming months, so will more of its benefits, said LaBolt. "New reforms will lower costs even further and raise the quality of care. Seniors will see their Medicare coverage continue to improve, and they'll see the doughnut hole completely close so they can afford the medicine they need."
A significant part of that effort will be Nurses for Obama, a program that will mobilize nurses across the country and provide resources and effective ways they can be advocates for health care reform in their communities. Because nurses are on the frontlines of our health care system, they are involved in every step of the way from prevention to patient care and have seen firsthand how health care reform has already benefited their patients.
"I saw insurance companies tell my patients and my family members that they'd have to wait weeks before getting treated, or that they wouldn't cover anything at all, said Mary Burke, a local nurse in Iowa. "But thanks to President Obama's health insurance reforms, all that's starting to change. Now my patients won't have to worry about not getting insurance because of a preexisting condition. They won't have to worry about going over some insurance company's arbitrary cap on how much care they can get."
For additional information about Nurses for Obama, please visit www.barackobama.com/
