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I support universal health care which provides access to health care regardless of ability to pay
Q: "Sen. Edwards says your plan doesn't really provide universal coverage. Does it?" A: "Absolutely it does. John [Edwards] and I have a disagreement. John thinks that the only way we get universal coverage is to mandate coverage. I think that the problem is not that people are trying to avoid getting health care coverage. It is folks like that who are desperately in desire of it, but they can can't afford it."
2007 YouTube Democratic Primary debate, Charleston SC Jul 23, 2007
"The time has come for universal health care in America," Obama said at a conference of Families USA, a health care advocacy group. "I am absolutely determined that by the end of the first term of the next president, we should have universal health care in this country."
“I emphasize reducing costs. My belief is that if we make it affordable, if we provide subsidies to those who can’t afford it, they will buy it…. [I will] bring all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors but bringing all parties together and broadcasting those negotiations on CSPAN so that the American people can see what the choices are. Because part of what we have to do is enlist the American people in this process…. I am absolutely committed to making sure that anybody in America who needs healthcare is going to get it.”