President Barack Obama answers a question from an unidentified woman in the audience (left) concerned about her healthcare while holding an online town hall forum on health care at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., July 1, 2009. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images At an emotional forum in Virginia, President Barack Obama hugged a cancer patient Wednesday and vowed to bring greater efficiency and accessibility to the nation's health care system. A woman named Debbie fought tears as she told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job. The president hugged her and called her "exhibit A" in an unsustainable system that is too expensive and complex for millions of Americans. "We are going to try to find ways to help you immediately," he told her as hundreds watched at a... [read full story]
