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Marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Michelle Obama

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Video: Obama Laughs Off Presidential Seal Fall

Video: Obama Laughs Off Presidential Seal Fall
While President Obama was speaking at a women’s conference in Washington D.C., the presidential seal fell off the podium. Erica Hill reports.

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Michelle Obama unveils preventative care guidelines

Michelle Obama unveils preventative care guidelines
Michelle Obama and Jill Biden attended at even Wednesday focused on preventative care guidelines. Washington (CNN) – Cost savings could be coming this fall to a doctor’s office near you. First lady Michelle Obama announced Wednesday a plan for free preventative health care services, a part of the Affordable Care Act, which goes into effect [...]

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First Lady Michelle Obama – Breast Cancer Awareness Speech

First Lady Michelle Obama helped make the case for healthcare reform during a White House event Friday on Breast Cancer Awareness. The First Lady said that the health reform proposals would lead the US toward better prevention and treatment of breast cancer, a particularly deadly form of cancer to afflict women. Obama cited the example of women who, after surviving breast cancer, had a difficult time getting health insurance, which was classified as a “preexisting condition,” putting them at risk for costly treatments if they were to suffer a reoccurrence of the cancer. “So I know that a lot of survivors like them are terrified,” Obama said, referencing women in the audience who’d gone through similar situations. “They are living in fear of losing their jobs or changing jobs or even moving, because they worry they won’t be able to find affordable insurance.” “That’s why it is so critically important that we finally reform our health care system that is causing so much heartache for so many people affected by this disease,” she added. “Now is the time.” The First Lady has emerged as a more visible proponent of healthcare reform, one of President Barack Obama’s signature initiatives, over the past few weeks. She said that the disease afflicts not only women, but their families as well, and that passing legislation before Congress would ease prevention and treatment. “So that’s how health insurance reform will work,” she said. “That’s how it will help people who have been …

President Obama Speaks to Seniors, Answers Questions About Affordable Care Act

President Obama Speaks to Seniors, Answers Questions About Affordable Care Act
June 8, 2010 – President Barack Obama this week met with senior citizens at the Holiday Park Multipurpose Senior Center in Wheaton, Maryland, to discuss and answer questions about how the Affordable Care Act will effect seniors and their health care.

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