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Learn more about President Obama's health reform agenda.

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The Vice President Asks Your Help: Tell Us Why Reform Matters for You

This morning we released a new Reality Check video from Vice President Biden.
August 31, 2009 at 11:25 AM ET by Jesse Lee

Fresh Reality Check: We Can Afford Reform, We Can't Afford the Status Quo

Another myth and another correction from our Health Insurance Reform Reality Check site.
August 24, 2009 at 2:12 PM ET by Jesse Lee

Weekly Address: Myths and Morality in Health Insurance Reform

President Obama debunks the myths around health insurance reform, and discusses the public option proposal in which many of them are rooted
August 22, 2009 at 12:01 AM ET by Jesse Lee

Talking Health Reform with Loralee

August 20, 2009 at 7:45 PM ET by Valerie Jarrett

Recovery in Action: Investing in Health Care

August 20, 2009 at 2:46 PM ET by Nathan Sterken

Why We Need a Reality Check

August 19, 2009 at 3:33 PM ET by Jesse Lee

Reality Checks: Face to Face

August 19, 2009 at 12:41 PM ET by Jesse Lee

An Update on Reality Check

August 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM ET by Macon Phillips

La Realidad: The truth about health insurance reform is now available in Spanish.

La Realidad: La verdad sobre la reforma del seguro de salud ahora está disponible en Español.
August 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM ET by Luis Miranda

Addressing Some Misconceptions in Montana

The President is continuing to travel across the country to talk to Americans about his plan for health insurance reform.
August 14, 2009 at 5:36 PM ET by Katherine Brandon

Health Insurance Reform and Disability

Recently, you may have heard one misunderstanding that the President’s plan will mean children with disabilities will not receive the care they need.
August 13, 2009 at 2:02 PM ET by Katherine Brandon

The Return of the Viral Email

Read an email out this morning from Senior Advisor David Axelrod and watch a new "Reality Check" video from Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle below.
August 13, 2009 at 8:39 AM ET by Jesse Lee

Taking Questions on Health Reform in New Hampshire

The President hosted a town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on health insurance reform
August 11, 2009 at 5:33 PM ET by Katherine Brandon

A Reality Check on the Euthanasia Rumor

With all the rumors floating around, it can be hard to sort out fact from fiction when it comes to health insurance reform.
August 11, 2009 at 3:19 PM ET by Katherine Brandon

Preparing for H1N1

August 11, 2009 at 2:59 PM ET by Katherine Brandon

Health Insurance Reform & TRICARE

One of the President’s top priorities since coming into office has been to give our veterans "the care they were promised and the benefits that they have earned."
August 11, 2009 at 12:58 PM ET by Jesse Lee

12.6 Million is a BIG Number

August 11, 2009 at 10:22 AM ET by Katherine Brandon

Streaming at 2:00: Stakeholder Discussion on Advanced Models of Primary Care

August 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM ET by Katherine Brandon

Reality Check

August 10, 2009 at 5:00 AM ET by Macon Phillips

Weekly Address: The Necessity of Health Reform and Absurdity of the Attacks

The President calls health insurance reform critical to our nation's long-term economic strength and dispels the outlandish rumors being promoted by those who are defendi
August 8, 2009 at 12:01 AM ET by Jesse Lee

Watch, Discuss, Engage at 1:00: Secretary Sebelius on Health Reform Myths

August 7, 2009 at 11:30 AM ET by Linda Douglass

Facts Are Stubborn Things

Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, "facts are stubborn things."
August 4, 2009 at 6:55 AM ET by Macon Phillips

What Health Reform Means for Veterans

August 3, 2009 at 7:54 PM ET by Macon Phillips

CEA Chair Romer's Chat on Health Insurance Reform and Small Business

During the July 25th Weekly Address, the President discussed a report just out from the Council of Economic Advisers detailing the impact health insurance reform would ha
July 31, 2009 at 12:51 PM ET by Jesse Lee

The President Highlights Health Insurance Consumer Protections

Speaking to North Carolinians at a town hall in Raleigh, the President made clear why health reform will benefit all Americans
July 29, 2009 at 5:59 PM ET by Katherine Brandon

Full Videos: The Health Care Stakeholder Discussions

Following the initial White House Forum on Health Reform, and then the regional forums across the country, we began holding what we called Health Care Stakeholder Discuss
July 29, 2009 at 5:24 PM ET by Jesse Lee

Your Feedback on the Eight Health Insurance Consumer Protections

July 29, 2009 at 4:00 PM ET by Macon Phillips

Health Insurance Reform: What's In It For You?

July 29, 2009 at 11:52 AM ET by Jesse Lee

A Tele-Town Hall on Health Insurance Reform at the AARP

The President spoke to tens of thousand of AARP members today.
July 28, 2009 at 5:19 PM ET by Jesse Lee

Streaming at 1:30: The President Holds a Town Hall at AARP

July 28, 2009 at 12:57 PM ET by Katherine Brandon