Obama attacks insurance companies for capping coverage and charging "outrageous fees"

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE57D47P20090816?feedType=nl&feedName=ushealth1100
Sat Aug 15, 2009
By Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama reignited his criticism of health insurance companies on Saturday, promising reforms that would prevent firms from capping coverage or charging "outrageous" fees.

Traveling to a conservative area of Colorado, a western state that supported Obama in the 2008 election, the president continued his assault on companies that the White House has painted as being at the root of the country's healthcare woes while defending his proposals to fix the system.

"Insurance companies will no longer be able to ... place an arbitrary cap on the amount of coverage you can receive or charge outrageous out-of-pocket expenses on top of your premiums," Obama told the crowd of roughly 1,500 people.

"No one in America should go broke because they get sick," he said to loud applause.