Health Reform Now

After Congress takes a historic vote to pass health reform, the President tells Americans "this is what change looks like." Learn what's in reform for you and watch his remarks.

President Obama delivers remarks following the health care vote
President Obama delivers remarks following the health care vote
White House Photo, Lawrence Jackson, 3/21/10

Tax Savings Tool

Find out what tax credits you may qualify for thanks to the Recovery Act.

Tax Savings Tool
Tax Savings Tool

Your Weekly Address

As a key committee in the Senate takes up reforming the ways of Wall Street, the President lays down a marker.

The President delivers the Weekly Address
The President delivers the Weekly Address
White House Photo, Lawrence Jackson, 3/19/10

The First Lady Announces "Let's Move"

The First Lady leads a new campaign to help children become more active and eat healthier within a generation, so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight.

The First Lady Announces "Let's Move"
The First Lady Announces "Let's Move"
White House Photo, Samantha Appleton, 2/9/10

A New Foundation

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  • March 22, 2010 at 1:09 PM EDT

    Tax Returns Are Up 10% - Find Out If You Qualify for Recovery Act Tax Credits

    Thanks in large part to tax benefits in the Recovery Act, taxpayers are seeing larger refunds from their 2009 tax returns this season -- according to the IRS, average tax returns are up by almost 10 percent this year. While these tax return averages are interesting ... the question you're probably asking is "Do I qualify for any of those benefits?" To help you get answers, we've launched an interactive Tax Savings Tool to help you understand which Recovery Act tax benefits you should include in your filing.

  • March 22, 2010 at 8:36 AM EDT

    Reform Begins

    White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer lays out some of the immediate benefits of health reform.

  • March 22, 2010 at 12:04 AM EDT

    This is What Change Looks Like

    After a historic vote in the House to send health reform to the President, he speaks to all Americans on the change they will finally see as they are given back control over their own health care.

    Includes Video
  • March 21, 2010 at 4:16 PM EDT

    One More Step Towards Health Insurance Reform

    Today, the President announced that he will be issuing an executive order after the passage of the health insurance reform law that will reaffirm its consistency with longstanding restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion.

  • March 21, 2010 at 3:05 PM EDT

    Fiscal Realities

    OMB Director Peter Orszag gives a final look at the fiscal realities of health reform prior to the House vote.

  • March 21, 2010 at 2:47 PM EDT

    Putting the Concerns of Our Veterans and Our Troops to Rest

    Tammy Duckworth, Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Department of Veterans Affairs, sets the record straight on some of the worst misinformation out there about health reform.

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President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and senior staff, react in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, as the House passes the health care reform bill,

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and senior staff, react in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, as the House passes the health care reform bill, March 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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