【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 100 amonth. Think about that. (Applause.)
　　Through the marketplaces, you canget health insurance for what may be the equivalentof your cell phone bill oryour cable bill, and thatamp。39。s a good deal.
　　So the fact is the product of theAffordable Care Act for people without health insurance isquality healthinsurance thatamp。39。s affordable. And thatproduct is working. Itamp。39。s reallygood. And itturns out thereamp。39。s a massivedemand for it. So far, the nationalwebsite, , has beenvisited nearly 20 million times. Twenty million times. (Applause.) And thereamp。39。s great demand atthe state level as well, because there are abunch of states that are running their ownmarketplaces.
　　We know that nearly onethird ofthe people applying in Connecticut and Maryland, forexample, are under 35years old. They understand that they canget a good deal at low costs,have the security of health care, and this is notjust for old folks like me that everybodyneeds good quality healthinsurance. And all told, more than halfa million consumers across thecountry have successfully submitted applicationsthrough federal and state marketplaces. Andmany of those applications arenamp。39。t just for individuals, itamp。39。s fortheir entire families. So evenmorepeople are already looking to potentially take advantage of the high quality,affordableinsurance that is provided through the Affordable Care Act.
　　So let me just recap here. The product is good. The health insurance thatamp。39。s being providedisgood. Itamp。39。s high quality and itamp。39。saffordable. People can save money,significant money, bygetting insurance thatamp。39。s being provided through thesemarketplaces. And we know thatthedemand is there. People are rushing tosee whatamp。39。s available. And those who havealready hada chance to enroll are thrilled with the result. Every day, people who were stuck withskyhighpremiums because of preexisting conditions are getting affordableinsurance for the first time, orfinding, like Janice did, that theyamp。39。re savinga lot of money. Every day, women arefinally buyingcoverage that doesnamp。39。t charge them higher premiums than men forthe same care. (Applause.)Every day, people are discovering that newhealth insurance plans have to cover maternitycare, mental health care, freepreventive care.
　　So you just heard Janiceamp。39。s story she owns her own small business. Sherecently became thefirst woman to enroll in coverage through Delawareamp。39。sexchange. And itamp。39。s true, it took her afewtries, but it was worth it after being turned down for insurance threetimes due to minorpreexisting conditions. So now sheamp。39。ll be covered, sheamp。39。ll save 150 bucks a month, and shewonamp。39。thave to worry that one illness or accident will cost her her business that sheamp。39。sworked sohard to build.
　　And Janice is not alone. I recently received a letter from a womannamed Jessica Sanford inWashington State. And hereamp。39。s what she wrote: “。I ama single mom, no child support, selfemployed, and I havenamp。39。t had insurance for15 years because itamp。39。s too expensive. Myson hasADHD and requires regular doctor visits and his meds alone cost $250per month. I have had anongoingtendinitis problem due to my line of work that I havenamp。39。t had treated. Now, finally, wege