barack obama

Curious what the health care bill means for you? Don't listen to misinformation coming from the right. Courtesy of Reuters, here's a year by year breakdown of what health care reform means for you:

WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF ENACTMENT

Obama hasn’t been perfect, but contrary to the right wing narrative, he’s accomplished a lot in his first year despite facing extraordinary challenges from his first day in office. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Here's a (partial) list collected from various sources:

1. Banned the use of torture and the ordered the closing of Guantánamo, bringing us back in line with the Geneva Conventions.

2. Reversed Bush’s funding cutoff to family planning organizations overseas, saving millions of lives with the stroke of a pen.