US Presidency
2010

Neither do you. That's why we need health insurance right now. Health insurance reform right now. I am here because of my own mother's story. She died of cancer, and in the last six months of her life, she was on the phone in her hospital room arguing with insurance companies instead of focusing on getting well and spending time with her family. I am here because of the millions who are denied coverage because of preexisting conditions or dropped from coverage when they get sick. I am here because of the small businesses who are forced to choose between health care and hiring. I am here because of the seniors unable to afford the prescriptions that they need. I am here because of the folks seeing their premiums go up 20 and 30 and 40 and 50 and 60 percent in a year. Ohio, I am here because that is not the America I believe in and that's not the America that you believe in.