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Obama for America

"Nurses for Obama" +
  2:34 web video from May 10, 2012.

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Obama: America's nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.  In moments where people are most vulnerable, most worried, nurses are there.

Michelle: I think that nurses have a unique insight because we spend so much time with our patients.

Laura: We share the triumphs, we share their weakness, we share their pain.

Mary: We're accustomed to looking more holistically at what it is that you as a patient need.

Laura: Before Obamacare, as a nurse, you would hear such heart-wrenching stories...  I had a Stage 3 ovarian cancer patient and her husband started crying in my arms because he showed me the notice where the insurance policy had been canceled.

Michelle: I was tired of seeing my patients not get the services that they need because their insurance company won't cover it.

Laura: How can you deal with that when this patient needs the care.

Michelle: Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, families are in control of their decisions, not the insurance companies.

Mary: The Affordable Care Act really benefits all Americans.  It provides access to preventive services across every age group and all populations.

Laura: This is a good law; this is helping all of us.  We need to get the correct information out there.

Mary: Let me go over some benefits that you now have covered because the president signed the Affordable Care Act into law.  You no longer have a co-pay to get your mammogram, nor is there a deductible for that.

The reason it's so important that people get preventive services is that we know we can stop problems in their earliest stage where they're likely to be curable.

Michelle:The Affordable Care Act and the preventive services that is covers is going to make our country healtier because it's a step in the right direction towards having a health care system instead of a sick care system.

Mary: We know wellness care works.

Michelle: Preventive care saves lives, saves money and saves time, so I can't understand would want to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Laura: I'm a nurse for Obama because I've seen how it's helped my patients.

Laura: I love Obamacare.


Notes: The video features three nurses: Michelle from Belle View, WA, Laura from Casselberry, FL and Mary from Oak Park, IL.