Watch Live: President Obama on Health Reform in Ohio
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At 1:05 p.m. Eastern Time, President Obama will speak on health insurance reform at a senior center in Strongsville, Ohio.
Northeastern Ohio is the home of Natoma Canfield, a self-employed cancer survivor who wrote the President a letter about her situation and why we need reform. Last year, Natoma learned that her health insurance premiums would be rising by 40 percent. Unable to afford the rising rates, Natoma gave up her health insurance in January. Last week, she was rushed to the hospital, and on Saturday, after being cancer-free for more than a decade, Natoma was diagnosed with leukemia.
The President read Natoma’s letter to a meeting with health insurance executives in the White House earlier this month.
