When it comes to ease of doing business, America is top 10 in the world. But when it comes to starting a business, we’re ranked 46th.
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My Day One: Nuestra Familia (Our Family)
June marks Immigrant Heritage Month — and people across the country are sharing their American stories. Whether you’ve recently embarked on your first day as an American or want to share how your ancestors came to arrive here, we want to hear from you. Add your voice to the conversation today.
La Frontera
My story starts along the Rio Grande River — where I grew up in two cities, two countries, two cultures, and one community.
It was on the U.S./Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas across from Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico that I spent the first 18 years of my life.
The border or “La Frontera,” as we call it, will always be a special place. Whether it was crossing the border into Mexico to visit my tia (aunt) or attending a friend’s quinceañera, our connected border towns were one community.
The community’s uniqueness and kind-hearted people taught me to embrace my Mexican/American heritage. In this often-misunderstood corner of America, I learned the importance of embracing our nation’s greatness and diversity.
Rio Grande River view of Texas from Boquillas Del Carmen, Mexico, where my grandma on my mother’s side was born.
Invest In Your “Healthy Self” (and Post a #HealthySelfie While You’re At It)
Today, the Obama administration is launching the “Healthy Self” campaign to encourage healthy lifestyles and connect people to the coverage and care they need. But first let us tell you about Alicia. A wife and mother of two from Houston, A…
My Day One: From the Streets of Lahore to the Heart of Texas
June marks Immigrant Heritage Month — and people across the country are sharing their American stories. Whether you’ve recently embarked on your first day as an American or want to share how your ancestors came to arrive here, we want to hear from you. Add your voice to the conversation today.
As a kid growing up in Texarkana, Texas, I often tried to pretend I was not an immigrant. I did not even know I was doing it really. Like many other kids, I just wanted to fit in and be a part of a girl scout troop, or a cheerleader, or sleep over at a friend’s house. All these pieces of American culture were foreign to my parents. Aside from differing practices and norms, my family didn’t necessarily talk about being immigrants. We were obviously Pakistani—that was one of the many things about us that stood out in our small town. But, that we were “immigrants” or how we came to be in the United States—those were things that went unspoken, even inside our home. I did not actually know the full story of how my family came to America until much later in life.
Growing up, my father used to sell toys on the street in his neighborhood in Lahore. He was the eldest of eight, struggling to make ends meet, and selling toys after school was one of the ways he helped out. He would go to school every morning, and afterwards, he would sell four or five toys on the side of the road—as many as he could carry in his arms. If he sold one, he came home with one rupee. Today that’s about a penny, but it was worth a little more back then. And my grandmother, so happy for the extra rupee and grateful for her son’s work, kissed that bill when he handed it to her.
The First Lady Celebrates the Class of 2015
Tonight the First Lady delivered her final commencement address of the season at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Preparatory High School (King College Prep) in Chicago, IL. In addition to this commencement, this spring Mrs. Obama celebrated the graduates at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, AL, and Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH as a way to shine a spotlight on students who have gone above and beyond to reach higher, and help others do the same.
Check out below for highlights of the First Lady’s 2015 commencements.
Tuskegee University – Tuskegee, Alabama
At Tuskegee University, Mrs. Obama spoke personally about her experience in college, on the campaign trail, and even as the first African-American First Lady. She noted, however, that she has been able to overcome challenging situations by staying true to herself; she encouraged the graduates to do the same.
“Graduates, that’s what I want for all of you. I want you all to stay true to the most real, most sincere, most authentic parts of yourselves.”
Oberlin College – Oberlin, Ohio
As the winners of the Reach Higher Near-Peer Mentoring Challenge, the First Lady commended the students in Oberlin’s Ninde Scholars program for their one-on-one work with to help local high school students apply to, and ultimately excel through, college.
She encouraged the graduates to utilize the talents, abilities, and skillsets they strengthened during their time at Oberlin to address the problems that are prevalent in our society.
“You see, in his speech to those Oberlin graduates 50 years ago, Dr. King urged them, as Julia said, not to sleep through the civil rights revolution that was raging across this country. And, graduates, climate change, economic inequality, human rights, criminal justice -– these are the revolutions of your time.
King College Prep – Chicago, Illinois
Speaking to the winners of the FAFSA Completion Challenge, the First Lady congratulated them on their creative submission, a King Prep-style “Scandal” episode that demonstrated their efforts to increase FAFSA completion among high school seniors. She acknowledged the great sacrifices and hard work that allowed the graduates to reach this day of achievement, reminding them how far they have come and how much further they will be able to go with the help of a college degree.
The First Lady reminded the graduates that they should persist through adversity and stand out as a shining examples to others of what is possible, regardless of their communities or the misconceptions of what those communities can produce.
“Because graduates, in the end, you all are the ones responsible for changing the narrative about our communities…. And with every word you speak…with every choice you make…and with the way you carry yourself each day…you can write a new story about our communities.”
At the G7: President Obama’s Trip to Germany
(l-r) European Council President Donald Tusk, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper, US President Barack Obama, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker wave while posing for a family picture at the Elmau Castle resort near Garmisch-Partenkirchen on June 7, 2015 during the G7 summit. Germany hosts a G7 summit at the Elmau Castle on June 7 and June 8, 2015.
(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
America’s LGBT Ambassadors: Global Trade Will Lift Up LGBT Lives
Eight of the nation’s most powerful LGBT leaders explain how proposed trade agreements will export our values of equality and tolerance. This letter was first posted on the Advocate.com. You can read the original post here.
As Ambassadors, we are on the front lines representing the United States. We know firsthand that U.S. interests are best served when we pursue policies that also advance our values.
That’s why trade policy is among our most promising tools.
Through the President’s trade agenda, we will not only support more American jobs, but we can also promote greater justice beyond our borders.
Read the Original Letter Written by the Pennsylvania Woman Whose Story the President Told Today:
Today, speaking from the Catholic Health Association’s annual assembly in Washington, D.C., President Obama outlined the state of health care in America, now that the Affordable Care Act has become part of the fabric of our health care system. In it, he told the story of Debra Lea Oren of Palmer, Pennsylvania. Debra, who suffers from osteoarthritis so severe it put her in a wheelchair, couldn’t walk or stand for years. She was in constant pain.
Today, she’s back on her feet. Here’s why:
Debra was able to enroll in an affordable health plan that covered the surgery she needed to help her walk on her own again. As a result, she can walk to the grocery store. She can cook and exercise. She can get herself to her doctors’ appointments on her own two feet (and two new knees).
“I walk with my husband Michael and hold hands,” she wrote to the President in February. “It’s like a whole new world for me.”
This is what health reform has meant to millions of Americans.
Can You Guess What These Charts Are Telling You?
Love charts? We’ve pulled together a select batch of them and removed the titles and labels.
See if you can guess the story each of them tells – then challenge your chart-loving friends to take it, too. We guarantee you’ll learn something that surprises you.
What Am I: Can you guess what these charts are telling you?
Thanks to five years of the Affordable Care Act, health care looks a lot different in America. How different?
Find out by taking this quiz to see if you can figure out exactly what the President’s health care law is doing for millions of Americans across the country.
Begin Quiz
1. What am I?
- Percentage of people watching Grey’s Anatomy
- Percentage of Americans without health insurance
- Number of emergency room visits in the U.S.
- Total number of sick days used by workers in the U.S.
Well done. In fact, more than 16 million Americans have found an affordable, quality health care plan under the ACA, causing a cliff-like drop in the number of Americans living without the health insurance they need. And that’s a great thing!
Not quite. It’s actually the percentage of Americans without health insurance since 2000. See how it takes a nosedive recently? That’s thanks to the ACA, which became law on March 23, 2010. Under this law, more than 16 million Americans have gained affordable, quality health care coverage, driving our country’s uninsured rate to a new low.
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2. What am I?
- Projected deficit reduction due to the ACA
- Projected reduction in number of uninsured Americans
- Projected reduction in patients harmed by hospital error
- Projected temperature in Antarctica
Nice one. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the ACA will generate substantial deficit savings that grow over time, for a total savings of $1.7 trillion over two decades. This is important because lower long-term deficits have a domino-effect of higher national income and wages over time.
So close. This chart is actually a look at how much the ACA will reduce the deficit over time. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office determined that the ACA will generate a total savings of $1.7 trillion for our deficit over two decades. This is important because lower long-term deficits have a domino-effect of higher national income and wages over time.
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3. What am I?
- Drop in young adults with health coverage
- Drop in percent of patients harmed by hospital error
- Drop in government spending on health care
- Drop in Americans with health insurance
Right! The Affordable Care Act has helped reduce multiple different kinds of “patient harms,” including adverse drug events, pressure ulcers, infections, and more. The reduction in patient harms has helped prevent an estimated 50,000 deaths.
It’s actually the drop in patients harmed. Surprised? The Affordable Care Act has helped reduce multiple different kinds of “patient harms,” including adverse drug events, pressure ulcers, infections, and more, and the reduction in patient harms has helped prevent an estimated 50,000 deaths.
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4. What am I?
- Percent of Americans who like pie charts
- The first dogs’ approval rating
- Percent of Marketplace enrollees who receive tax credits to help pay monthly premiums
- Percent of Americans who visited the emergency room last year
Nailed it. The overwhelming majority of Americans who shopped on health care marketplaces qualified for tax credits, which are helping millions of Americans afford the coverage they need.
Nope! It’s actually the percent of Americans who qualified for tax credits while shopping on health care marketplaces, allowing them to afford the coverage they need.
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5. What am I?
- Americans who no longer have lifetime limits
- People who have access to free preventive services
- Self-diagnoses on webmd each year
- People no longer at risk of being denied coverage
Correct! Before the ACA, someone with a pre-existing condition, like cancer, could be denied the coverage they needed. The ACA prohibited that, ensuring that 129 million Americans will always have access to affordable, quality coverage.
Nope. Before the ACA, someone with a pre-existing condition, like cancer, could be denied the coverage they needed. The ACA prohibited that, ensuring that 129 million Americans will always have access to affordable, quality coverage.
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6. What am I?
- Number of death panels created under the ACA
- Number of free preventive services now available
- Number of young adults who can stay on their parents’ plans
- Number of women who have access to birth control with no co-pay
Exactly. Zero death panels were created as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
Sorry, but the correct answer is zero death panels. The Affordable Care Act has never created one, nor will it ever.
Finish
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Most people don’t realize exactly what health reform has meant for millions of Americans. Learn something new in this quiz? We bet your friends will, too.
Challenge them to take it — then head to wh.gov/health-care-in-america to see more, including the President’s remarks about health care in America.
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Who Said It? A Century of Attempts To Reform Our Health Care System:
For nearly 100 years, American presidents from both political parties tried to reform our health care system. On March 23, 2010, President Obama finally did by signing the Affordable Care Act into law, which has helped millions of Americans gain access to quality, affordable health coverage.
Take this quiz to test your knowledge about what past presidents have said about the need to fix our health care system. You might be surprised by some of the answers.
Who said it? A century of attempts to reform our health care system
For nearly 100 years, American Presidents from both political parties tried to reform our health care system. On March 23, 2010, President Obama finally did by signing the Affordable Care Act into law, which has helped millions of Americans gain access to quality, affordable health coverage. Take this quiz to test your knowledge about what past Presidents have said about the need to fix our health care system. You might be surprised by some of the answers.
Begin Quiz
1. Who was the first President to propose national health insurance?
- President George W. Bush in 2003
- President Theodore Roosevelt in 1912
- President Thomas Jefferson in 1804
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934
Well done! You’re off to a great start. Former President Theodore Roosevelt was the first to propose a national health insurance plan while on the campaign trail in 1912. More at wh.gov/healthcare-in-america
Wrong! Former President Theodore Roosevelt was actually the first to propose a national health insurance plan while on the campaign trail in 1912. More at wh.gov/healthcare-in-america
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2. Who said it? “An all-directions reform of our health care system—so that every citizen will be able to get quality health care at reasonable cost regardless of income and regardless of area of residence—remains an item of highest priority on my unfinished agenda for America.”
- President Barack Obama in 2009
- President Richard Nixon in 1972
- President Bill Clinton in 1994
- President Ronald Reagan in 1987
You’re correct! President Richard Nixon said this in a 1972 address to Congress about his proposal to require employers to provide a minimum level of health insurance to their employees.
Sorry, try again. This was actually President Richard Nixon in a 1972 address to Congress on his proposal to require employers to provide a minimum level of health insurance to their employees.
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3. Who said it? “At long last, after decades of false starts, we must make this our most urgent priority, giving every American health security, health care that can never be taken away, health care that is always there.”
- President Bill Clinton in 1993
- President Barack Obama in 2010
- President George W. Bush in 2001
- President Jimmy Carter in 1977
That’s right! President Bill Clinton proposed one of the boldest efforts yet to pass health care reform in 1993. More at wh.gov/healthcare-in-america
Nope! This was actually President Bill Clinton in 1993. He proposed one of the boldest efforts yet to expand coverage, promote competition, and control costs. More at wh.gov/healthcare-in-america
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4. Who said it? “We can and we must strive now to assure the availability of and accessibility to the best health care for all Americans, regardless of age or geography or economic status.”
- President George Washington in 1795
- President Dwight Eisenhower in 1953
- President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965
- President George H. W. Bush in 1990
You really know your stuff! President Lyndon Johnson said this to Congress shortly before signing Medicare and Medicaid into law about the need to provide health care coverage to elderly, poor, and disabled Americans. Today, those vital programs insure more than 100 million Americans. More at wh.gov/healthcare-in-america
You’re off the mark. It was actually President Lyndon Johnson who said this to Congress shortly before signing Medicare and Medicaid into law about the need to provide health care coverage to elderly, poor, and disabled Americans. Today, those vital programs insure more than 100 million Americans. More at wh.gov/healthcare-in-america
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5. Who said it? “I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last.”
- President Bill Clinton in 1993
- President Barack Obama in 2009
- President George W. Bush in 2001
- President John F. Kennedy in 1961
Boom! You’re pretty smart. President Obama said this to a joint session of Congress in 2009. On March 23, 2010, he signed the Affordable Care Act into law, which has already helped more than 16 million Americans gain access to quality, affordable health coverage. More at wh.gov/healthcare-in-america
Wrong answer. It was actually President Obama who said this to a joint session of Congress in 2009. On March 23, 2010, he signed the Affordable Care Act into law. After five years, more than 16 million Americans have gained access to quality, affordable health coverage. More at wh.gov/healthcare-in-america
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