Preview: Obama's State of the Union

Pushing the healthcare agenda:

“By the time I’m finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance,” the excerpts say. “Millions will lose it this year. Our deficit will grow. Premiums will go up. Co-pays will go up. Patients will be denied the care they need. Small business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether.”

But, he adds: “I will not walk away from these Americans. And neither should the people in this chamber.”

A large reason people are losing healthcare is because they are losing their jobs. If we improve the unemployment rate and create more jobs, I have no doubt that less people will be without healthcare. Dire times lead to dire measures. Cutting healthcare is one of those methods. I hope Obama focuses heavily on improving the economy and more so takes action to improve it. He's a great speaker, but he needs to be a great president.