President Barack Obama was well-received by the American Medical Association yesterday as he made his case for the national reform of a health-care system that many critics, including many doctors, say is broken. But as The New York Times reported from the speech in Chicago, a fix seems beyond even Obama: At least one of the major plans being considered would cost at least $1 trillion over a decade and still leave “tens of millions of people uninsured.”

Obama has said he wants all Americans to have access to health care, as lawmakers in Congress are now considering a range of options, from tax increases on soda pop to spending cuts. The AMA seems, for the most part, to like what Obama proposed, while remaining skeptical, writes The Washington Post.

Meanwhile, 9News traveled to Inner City Health Center, a place where four out of every five patients have no health insurance. When people have medical expenses they can’t afford, they have to make tough decisions, a CEO for Inner City says: “People are waiting longer, until it’s acute or worse, before coming in to see a physician.”

Posted 6/16/2009 at 9:45 am by Michael de Yoanna
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