奥巴马每周电视演讲2013年9月28日：避免政府关门，扩大可支付医疗保健的使用(中英mp3+lrc)

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[00:00.80]Hi, everybody. This Tuesday is an important day for families, businesses, and our economy.
[00:06.93]It’s the day a big part of the Affordable Care Act kicks in, 
[00:10.48]and tens of millions of Americans will finally have the same chance to buy quality, 
[00:15.41]affordable health care as everyone else.
[00:18.30]It’s also the day that a group of far-right Republicans in Congress might choose to shut down the government 
[00:23.23]and potentially damage the economy just because they don’t like this law.
[00:28.00]I’ll get to that in a second. But 
[00:29.91]first C here’s what the Affordable Care Act means for you.
[00:33.78]If you’re one of the vast majority of Americans who already have health care, 
[00:39.80]you already have new benefits you didn’t before, 
[00:40.57]like free mammograms 
[00:42.10]and contraceptive care with no copay, 
[00:43.98]and discounts on prescription medicine for seniors. 
[00:47.43]You’ve already got new protections in place too, 
[00:49.74]like no more lifetime limits on your care, 
[00:52.27]no more discriminating against children with preexisting conditions like asthma,
[00:56.10]or being able to stay on your parents’ plan until you turn 26.
[01:00.91]That’s all in place and available to Americans with health insurance 
[01:04.46]right now. 
[01:05.66]If you don’t have health insurance,
[01:07.51]or if you buy it on the individual market, then starting this Tuesday, October 1st, 
[01:12.00]you can visit HealthCare.gov to find what’s called the health insurance marketplace in your state.
[01:18.69]This is a website where you can compare insurance plans, 
[01:21.82]side-by-side, 
[01:22.98]the same way you’d shop for a TV or a plane ticket. 
[01:26.10]You’ll see new choices and new competition. 
[01:28.93]Many of you will see cheaper prices, 
[01:31.33]and many of you will be eligible for tax credits 
[01:34.15]that bring down your costs even more. 
[01:36.89]Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans 
[01:39.30]will be able to get coverage for $100 or less.
[01:44.35]If you’re one of the up to half of Americans with a preexisting condition, 
[01:48.70]these new plans mean your insurer can no longer charge you more than anyone else. 
[01:52.33]They can’t charge women more than men for the same coverage. 
[01:56.30]And they take effect January 1st.
[01:59.33]So get covered at HealthCare.gov. 
[02:01.91]And spread the word. 
[02:03.65]These marketplaces will be open for business on Tuesday, no matter what. 
[02:07.58]The Affordable Care Act is one of the most important things we’ve done as a country in decades 
[02:11.85]to strengthen economic security for the middle class 
[02:14.65]and all who strive to join the middle class. 
[02:17.70]And it is going to work.
[02:18.79]That’s also one of the reasons it’s so disturbing that 
[02:21.37]Republicans in Congress are threatening 
[02:23.35]to shut down the government C 
[02:24.95]or worse C if I don’t agree to gut this law.
[02:28.52]Congress has two responsibilities right now: 
[02:30.85]pass a budget on time, 
[02:32.38]and pay our bills on time.
[02:34.70]If Congress doesn’t pass a budget by Monday 
[02:37.55]C the end of the fiscal year 
[02:39.50]C the government shuts down, 
[02:40.55]along with many vital services the American people depend on. 
[02:43.97]On Friday, 
[02:44.88]the Senate passed a bill to keep the government open. 
[02:48.50]But Republicans in the House have been more concerned with appeasing an extreme faction of their party 
[02:53.15]than working to pass a budget that creates new jobs or strengthens the middle class.
[02:57.62]And in the next couple days, these Republicans will have to decide 
[03:00.59]whether to join the Senate and keep the government open, 
[03:03.64]or create a crisis that will hurt people for the sole purpose 
[03:07.10]of advancing their ideological agenda.
[03:10.15]Past government shutdowns have disrupted the economy. 
[03:13.10]This shutdown would, too. 
[03:14.91]At a moment when our economy has steadily gained traction, 
[03:18.52]and our deficits have been falling faster than at any time in 60 years, 
[03:22.53]a shutdown would be a purely self-inflicted wound. 
[03:26.18]And that’s why many Republican Senators and Republican governors
[03:29.73]have urged Republicans in the House of Representatives to knock it off, 
[03:33.78]pass a budget, and move on.
[03:36.69]This brings me to the second responsibility Congress has. 
[03:40.68]Once they vote to keep the government open, 
[03:42.87]they must also vote within the next couple weeks 
[03:45.59]to allow the Treasury to pay the bills for the money that Congress has already spent. 
[03:50.94]Failure to meet this responsibility would be far more dangerous 
[03:53.89]than a government shutdown 
[03:55.54]C it would be an economic shutdown, 
[03:57.63]with impacts not just here, but around the world.
[04:00.54]Unfortunately some Republicans have suggested that 
[04:02.83]unless I agree to an even longer list of demands 
[04:06.80]C not just gutting the health care law, but 
[04:08.16]things like cutting taxes for millionaires 
[04:10.28]or rolling back rules on big banks and polluters 
[04:13.26]they’ll push the button, 
[04:14.90]throwing America into default for the first time in history 
[04:18.39]and risk throwing us back into recession.
[04:21.44]I will work with anyone 
[04:23.10]who wants to have a serious conservation about our economic future. 
[04:26.33]But I will not negotiate 
[04:28.70]over Congress’ responsibility 
[04:29.94]to pay the bills it has already racked up. 
[04:32.77]I don’t know how to be more clear about this: 
[04:35.52]no one gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States of America 
[04:39.95]just to extract ideological concessions. 
[04:42.96]No one gets to hurt our economy and millions 
[04:45.52]of innocent people just because there are a couple laws you don’t like. 
[04:50.20]It hasn’t been done in the past, 
[04:51.78]and we’re not going to start doing it now. 
[04:54.42]The American people have worked too hard 
[04:56.47]to recover from crisis 
[04:58.12]to see extremists in their Congress cause another one. 
[05:01.68]And every day this goes on 
[05:02.98]is another day that we can’t 
[05:04.61]continue the work of rebuilding the great American middle class. 
[05:08.19]Congress needs to pass a budget in time, 
[05:10.99]pay its bills on time, 
[05:13.20]and refocus on the everyday concerns 
[05:15.42]of the people who sent them there.
[05:17.66]That’s what I’m focused on. 
[05:19.30]That’s what I’ll keep fighting for.
[05:21.40]Thank you.

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奥巴马每周电视演讲2013年9月28日：避免政府关门，扩大可支付医疗保健的使用(中英mp3+lrc)