Iowa City, Iowa (CNN) — President Obama hit the road Thursday to sell the merits of the newly enacted health care law, telling an enthusiastic Iowa crowd that the measure will lead to greater economic security for most Americans.
"This is your victory," Obama said at the University of Iowa. Health care reform "was about the future of our country. And today … that future looks stronger and more hopeful and brighter than it has in some time."
The crowd, in turn, repeatedly chanted Obama’s campaign theme: "Yes, we can."
Obama made his remarks as the Senate passed a package of changes to the health care law. Congressional Democrats have promised to approve the changes before the end of the week.
In the "years to come, health care inflation, which has been rising about three times as fast as people’s wages, will start slowing," Obama said. "We’ll start reducing the waste in the system, from unnecessary tests to unwarranted insurance subsidies. So over time, Americans will save money."
The reform plan is a "common sense" law that politically is the "middle of the road," Obama asserted.
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