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August 15th, 2009 at 10:49 am

Obama Colorado Town Hall Video, Photos 8-15-09

Here are Obama Colorado Town Hall video and photos. See the full video, transcript of the President’s health care town hall meeting on August 15, 2009 in Grand Junction, Colorado at Central High School. In this third in a series of town hall meetings, the President continues to respond to questions which have arisen in the nationwide discussion and debate on the proposed health insurance reform legislation.

The meeting begins at approximately 6:25pm ET (4:25 pm. MT) and can be seen via the live stream video below. Watch the Colorado Town Hall meeting online via live stream video web-feed and after the meeting come back to see the full video.

Click here to watch on C-Span:

Obama Town Hall Meeting Colorado Video [Full Video]

Here is the Obama Colorado speech video of his opening remarks:

In addition to the organized Obama Colorado Town Hall meeting in Grand Junction, rallies both in opposition of “Obama-care” and in favor are planned in Lincoln Park and in surrounding areas. [Source: Obama visit to draw in opposition. See also: An Obama Grand Junction health-reform town hall primer ]

It is intended that the health care system in place in Grand Junction, Colorado can demonstrate an effective model nationwide, the LA Times notes, quoting the most recently available statistics which Dartmouth University researchers have examined, which indicate that the city’s cost is $5,873 per Medicare patient in 2006. This is approximately 30 percent below the national average. In contrast, the cost per patient in Los Angeles is $10,810. Additionally, the researchers assert that Grand Junction, Colorado has the sixth-least expensive costs in the U.S. Honolulu is the most cost-effective and Miami the most expensive.

It’s a great example for the nation,” said Len Nichols, a healthcare economist at the centrist New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., who co-wrote a paper released this week on the area’s record. “They have managed to contain the natural impulses of excessive competition and the medical arms race. . . . Everybody’s looking into this.”

Source: Grand Junction a microcosm of efficient healthcare

See the Obama Colorado Town Hall transcript August 15, 2009