...and becuase I feel like I haven't really said anything positive about the President lately. I'm sure the right wing nut jobs will say this was a plant or a publicity stunt or whatever. All I can say is that if it is, he sold it a hell of a lot better than Bush's Q&A's where all of the questions were pre-screened.This issue actually effects me directly given that my father has been battling Multiple Sclerosis for the past decade and was laid off from WAMU last year. Because of a combination of ageism, the recession and his illness, he has not been able to find work and my parents are now spending an ungoldly amount of money insuring themselves independently so that he can get the medication he desperately needs to slow the deterioration caused by his condition. The healthcare industry, and it IS an industry, is deeply flawed and I hope that the President is able to make steps towards actually fixing it as so many have before him.