After Obama's Speech, Health Care Reform Still Divides

President Obama's speech on health care reform before Congress highlighted the tensions over his plan within the U.S. government and across the country. One Republican congressman even called Mr. Obama a liar during the president's speech. President Obama and Democrats favor a public insurance option they claim will keep private health insurance companies honest and competitive. Opponents of the Democrats' proposals fear a government-controlled health care system. And they question Mr. Obama's ability to pay for his version of reform, which he says will cost $900 billion. VOA's Elizabeth Lee has this report.

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Obama's speech "still divides" because he continues to tell untruths. For example, in this 9/8/09 speech he, falsely, said he would not require tax money to be used to fund abortion-on-demand in his vision of health care reform. In his own words, he said the opposite when raising money as a presidential candidate. (YouTube: "Obama promises abortion in public plan".)