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Quote Collections:
"It was interesting learning the ins and outs of running a practice and jumping through hoops to get the insurance companies to help the people in need. I am also interested in helping people who can't afford insurance and therefore can't get any treatment. I want to help them. I am not doing this for the money. It is my passion and I can't see myself doing anything else. People keep telling me that this is a tough time to be a doctor, but I still want to do it. I think something needs to change and Obama's health care plan can bring about this change. There will be kinks that need to be worked out and I know it will take time, but I am all for it."
- Marci Levy
"I don't want a doctor's office to become like the DMV or the Post Office. Those places are so frustrating. If people are sick, they shouldn't have the stress of waiting in long lines. I believe that they should receive care immediately."
- Becca Isaacson
"I am working so hard to get this education to become a doctor. At the end of the day, all that matters to me is using this education to follow through on my dreams and actually becoming a doctor."
- Kim Lincenberg
"I feel that his plan does not affect me wanting to become a doctor because I don't think the outcome of the health care plan is going to be as big as Obama is making it seem.I don't think socialized health care is a good idea."
- Whitney Seltman
*I have a picture to go along with each quote

Bar Graph:
The four main medical schools in Georgia listed on this Web site are Emory, Medical College of Georgia, Mercer and Morehouse. In 2003, total enrollment for all of these Georgia schools was 1,632; in 2008, this total was 1,826. In 2003, the total enrollment in the nation was 70,169 and in 2008 the total enrollment in the nation was 76,070. I am prepared to put these numbers into a chart.


Lists:
More Security and Stability
If You Have Health Insurance, the Obama Plan:
-Ends discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions.
-Limits premium discrimination based on gender and age.
-Prevents insurance companies from dropping coverage when people are sick and need it most.
-Caps out-of-pocket expenses so people don’t go broke when they get sick.
-Eliminates extra charges for preventive care like mammograms, flu shots and diabetes tests to improve health and save money.
-Protects Medicare for seniors.
-Eliminates the “donut-hole” gap in coverage for prescription drugs.

Quality, Affordable Choices
If You Don’t Have Insurance, the Obama Plan:
-Creates a new insurance marketplace — the Exchange — that allows people without insurance and small businesses to compare plans and buy insurance at competitive prices.
-Provides new tax credits to help people buy insurance.
-Provides small businesses tax credits and affordable options for covering employees.
-Offers a public health insurance option to provide the uninsured and those who can’t find affordable coverage with a real choice.
-Immediately offers new, low-cost coverage through a national “high risk” pool to protect people with preexisting conditions from financial ruin until the new Exchange is created.

Reins in the Cost of Health Care
For All Americans, the Obama Plan:
-Won’t add a dime to the deficit and is paid for upfront.
-Requires additional cuts if savings are not realized.
-Implements a number of delivery system reforms that begin to rein in health care costs and align incentives for hospitals, physicians, and others to improve quality.
-Creates an independent commission of doctors and medical experts to identify waste, fraud and abuse in the health care system.
-Orders immediate medical malpractice reform projects that could help doctors focus on putting their patients first, not on practicing defensive medicine.
-Requires large employers to cover their employees and individuals who can afford it to buy insurance so everyone shares in the responsibility of reform.

Sources:
http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2008/schoolenrll0308.htm
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/