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===Health Care===

===Health Care===

:''Main article : '''[[ObamaCare]]'''''

:''Main article : '''[[ObamaCare]]'''''

Congress is moving quickly to create a government insurance program that would compete with the private sector. Obama will attempt to pay for it with "$634 billion in new taxes on wealthy Americans". <ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-health-care26-2009feb26,0,1056744.story</ref> He claimed that "The cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds", an argument conservatives dispute because people who are very sick lose their jobs and income which  in turn causes the bankruptcy.<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2009/03/medical-bankrup.html</ref> One such [[health care reform]] proposal would mandate private citizens to purchase health insurance under the threat of legal sanctions for failure to comply.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/02/senate-democrats-trim-cost-health-care/</ref> Critics have dubbed the proposal [[Gestapo care]].

With a monopoly on power in Obama's first two years, the Democratic Congress moved to create a government run insurance program that would put private sector insurers out of business. Obama proposed funding the program with higher taxes "on wealthy Americans". <ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-health-care26-2009feb26,0,1056744.story</ref> The new law mandates private citizens to purchase health insurance under the threat of legal sanctions for non-compliance.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/02/senate-democrats-trim-cost-health-care/</ref> Critics dubbed the law [[Gestapo care]].

 

Obama was unconvincing to most Americans. Few saw any advantage in his proposals, and everyone can see the monumental  costs.  Contrary to his campaign vows for openness and transparency in government, Obama cut closed door back room deals with big drug companies and insurers, and was not upfront with the American people. Polls show a steady decline in support for [[Obamacare]] as the public learned more about it. (By contrast, he had  57% approval on health issues in April 2009).<ref> ''Washington Post'' July 20, 2009</ref> Conservative Democrats in Congress--who call themselves  "[[Blue Dog Democrats]]"---were reluctant to sign on to any proposal costing a trillion dollars over the next decade.  The controversy lowered Obama's overall approval and was a major factor in the [[2010 Midterm elections]] which ousted the Democratic majority from the House.

===Education===

===Education===

[[File:Obama-6th-grade-teleprompter.jpg|Right|250px|thumb|Obama speaks to a sixth grade class utilizing two teleprompters]]

[[File:Obama-6th-grade-teleprompter.jpg|Right|250px|thumb|Obama speaks to a sixth grade class utilizing two teleprompters]]