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I want to thank every member of Congress who stood up tonight with courage and conviction to make health care reform a reality. And I know this wasn't an easy vote for a lot of people. But it was the right vote. I want to thank Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her extraordinary leadership, and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn for their commitment to getting the job done. I want to thank my outstanding Vice President, Joe Biden, and my wonderful Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, for their fantastic work on this issue. I want to thank the many staffers in Congress, and my own incredible staff in the White House, who have worked tirelessly over the past year with Americans of all walks of life to forge a reform package finally worthy of the people we were sent here to serve.
Today's vote answers the dreams of so many who have fought for this reform. To every unsung American who took the time to sit down and write a letter or type out an e-mail hoping your voice would be heard - it has been heard tonight. To the untold numbers who knocked on doors and made phone calls, who organized and mobilized out of a firm conviction that change in this country comes not from the top down, but from the bottom up - let me reaffirm that conviction: This moment is possible because of you.
Most importantly, today's vote answers the prayers of every American who has hoped deeply for something to be done about a health care system that works for insurance companies, but not for ordinary people. For most Americans, this debate has never been about abstractions, the fight between right and left, Republican and Democrat - it's always been about something far more personal. It's about every American who knows the shock of opening an envelope to see that their premiums just shot up again when times are already tough enough. It's about every parent who knows the desperation of trying to cover a child with a chronic illness only to be told "no" again and again and again. It's about every small business owner forced to choose between insuring employees and staying open for business. They are why we committed ourselves to this cause.
Tonight's vote is not a victory for any one party - it's a victory for them. It's a victory for the American people. And it's a victory for common sense.
Now, it probably goes without saying that tonight's vote will give rise to a frenzy of instant analysis. There will be tallies of Washington winners and losers, predictions about what it means for Democrats and Republicans, for my poll numbers, for my administration. But long after the debate fades away and the prognostication fades away and the dust settles, what will remain standing is not the government-run system some feared, or the status quo that serves the interests of the insurance industry, but a health care system that incorporates ideas from both parties - a system that works better for the American people.
If you have health insurance, this reform just gave you more control by reining in the worst excesses and abuses of the insurance industry with some of the toughest consumer protections this country has ever known - so that you are actually getting what you pay for.
If you don't have insurance, this reform gives you a chance to be a part of a big purchasing pool that will give you choice and competition and cheaper prices for insurance. And it includes the largest health care tax cut for working families and small businesses in history - so that if you lose your job and you change jobs, start that new business, you'll finally be able to purchase quality, affordable care and the security and peace of mind that comes with it.
This reform is the right thing to do for our seniors. It makes Medicare stronger and more solvent, extending its life by almost a decade. And it's the right thing to do for our future. It will reduce our deficit by more than $100 billion over the next decade, and more than $1 trillion in the decade after that.
So this isn't radical reform. But it is major reform. This legislation will not fix everything that ails our health care system. But it moves us decisively in the right direction. This is what change looks like.
Now as momentous as this day is, it's not the end of this journey. On Tuesday, the Senate will take up revisions to this legislation that the House has embraced, and these are revisions that have strengthened this law and removed provisions that had no place in it. Some have predicted another siege of parliamentary maneuvering in order to delay adoption of these improvements. I hope that's not the case. It's time to bring this debate to a close and begin the hard work of implementing this reform properly on behalf of the American people. This year, and in years to come, we have a solemn responsibility to do it right.
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Respuesta:Quiero agradecer a cada miembro del Congreso que se levantó esta noche con coraje y convicción para hacer realidad la reforma del sistema de salud. Y sé que este no fue un voto fácil para mucha gente. Pero fue el voto correcto. Quiero agradecer a la Presidenta de la Cámara Nancy Pelosi por su extraordinario liderazgo, y al Líder de la Mayoría Steny Hoyer y al Líder de la Mayoría Jim Clyburn por su compromiso para hacer el trabajo. Quiero agradecer a mi destacado Vicepresidente, Joe Biden, y a mi maravillosa Secretaria de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Kathleen Sebelius, por su fantástico trabajo en este tema. Quiero agradecer a los muchos empleados del Congreso, y a mi propio e increíble personal de la Casa Blanca, que han trabajado incansablemente durante el último año con los estadounidenses de todas las clases sociales para forjar un paquete de reformas finalmente digno del pueblo al que fuimos enviados a servir.
El voto de hoy responde a los sueños de tantos que han luchado por esta reforma. A cada americano no reconocido que se tomó el tiempo de sentarse y escribir una carta o escribir un e-mail esperando que su voz fuera escuchada - ha sido escuchada esta noche. A los incontables números que llamaron a las puertas y realizaron llamadas telefónicas, que se organizaron y movilizaron con la firme convicción de que el cambio en este país no viene de arriba abajo, sino de abajo arriba - permítanme reafirmar esa convicción: Este momento es posible gracias a ustedes.
Lo más importante es que la votación de hoy responde a las plegarias de todos los estadounidenses que han esperado profundamente que se haga algo con respecto a un sistema de atención médica que funciona para las compañías de seguros, pero no para la gente común. Para la mayoría de los estadounidenses, este debate nunca ha sido sobre abstracciones, la lucha entre derecha e izquierda, republicano y demócrata - siempre ha sido sobre algo mucho más personal. Se trata de todos los estadounidenses que conocen el impacto de abrir un sobre para ver que sus primas se dispararon de nuevo cuando los tiempos ya son lo suficientemente difíciles. Se trata de cada padre que conoce la desesperación de tratar de cubrir a un niño con una enfermedad crónica sólo para que le digan "no" una y otra y otra vez. Se trata de cada pequeño empresario obligado a elegir entre asegurar a los empleados y permanecer abierto al negocio. Por eso nos comprometimos con esta causa.
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