Obama vouches for political courage as health care reforms head to Senate

Boston, Monday

Former US president Barack Obama urged lawmakers to follow their conscience and protect vulnerable Americans, as a Republican-backed bill that tore up his namesake health care reform law heads to the Senate.

Obama, speaking in Boston where yesterday night when he received a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, said: “Courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right.”

“It is my fervent hope that today’s members of Congress, regardless of party, are willing to look at the facts and speak the truth,” he said. Republicans in the House of Representatives narrowly pushed through a bill last week that repeals the divisive Obamacare reforms: a major campaign pledge by members of the party and current President Donald Trump. Republicans blame Obamacare for sending insurance premiums soaring while reducing options for millions. — AFP

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