Obama: "Ruckus" Obscures The Reality Of Health

Theyre stories like Lori Hitchcocks, who I met in New Hampshire this week. Loris got a pre-existing condition, so no insurance company will cover her. Shes self-employed, and in this economy, she cant find a job that offers health care, so shes been uninsured for two years.

Or theyre stories like Katie Gibsons, who I met in Montana. When Katie tried to change insurance companies, she was sure to list her pre-existing conditions on the application and even called her new company to confirm shed be covered. Two months later, she was dropped after shed already gone off her other insurance.

These are the stories that arent being told stories of a health care system that works better for the insurance industry than it does for the American people. And thats why were going to pass health insurance reform that finally holds the insurance companies accountable.

But nows the hard part. Because the history is clear every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests with a stake in the status quo use their influence and political allies to scare and mislead the American people.

As an example, lets look at one of the scarier-sounding and more ridiculous rumors out there that so-called "death panels" would decide ...