Barack Obama's latest Comments

Yesterday, President Obama had the following comments after signing a health care bill to help cover an additional 4 million uninsured children..

"And -- and it is just one component of a much broader effort to finally bring our health care system into the 21st century. That's why the economic recovery and reinvestment plan that's now before Congress is so important.

And think about this: If Congress passes this recovery plan, in just one month, we will have done more to modernize our health care system than we've done in the past decade. We'll be on our way to computerizing all of America's medical records, which won't just...


It won't -- won't just eliminate inefficiencies. It won't just save billions of dollars and create tens of thousands of jobs, but it will save lives by reducing deadly medical errors. We'll have made the single largest investment in prevention and wellness in history, attacking problems like smoke and obesity, and helping people live longer, healthier lives."

Although the HHS appointment with Daschle was a small blunder...the train is out of the station on this issue...and with Medicare already involved in a pilot with PassportMD the government has made very clear it's position on personal health records. And that is, we all need them and they will help us get to the point where we all have them.