Health Care Reform Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act by Gary Kopycinski on November 8, 2009 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Health Care Reform: Governor Newsom Announces Affordable CalRx® Insulin, $11 a Pen, Will Soon Be Available for Purchase October 19, 2025 How the Government Shutdown Is Hitting the Health Care System – and What the Battle Over ACA Subsidies Means October 4, 2025 Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress. November 23, 2024 Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– President Obama issued the following statement on passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act: