Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Well, thank you, Janice. And thanks to everybody here for coming on this beautiful day. Welcome to the White House. 谢谢。谢谢大家。谢谢珍妮丝，也感谢今天来到这里的各位。欢迎来到白宫。
About three weeks ago, as the federal government shut down, the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces opened for business across the country. Well, we’ve now gotten the government back open for the American people, and today I want to talk about how we’re going to get the marketplaces running at full steam, as well. And I’m joined today by folks who have either benefited from the Affordable Care Act already, or who are helping their fellow citizens learn about what this law means for them and how they can get covered. 大约三周前，联邦政府停摆之际，《平价医疗法》的医疗保险市场在全国开始营业。如今政府已经为美国人民重新运转起来，今天我想谈谈我们如何让这些市场也全力运行。我今天还邀请了几位朋友，他们有的已经从《平价医疗法》中受益，有的正在帮助同胞了解这项法律对他们意味着什么，以及如何获得保险。
Of course, you’ve probably heard that HealthCare.gov -- the new website where people can apply for health insurance, and browse and buy affordable plans in most states -- hasn't worked as smoothly as it was supposed to work. And the number of people who have visited the site has been overwhelming, which has aggravated some of these underlying problems. 当然，你们可能听说过，HealthCare.gov——人们可以在这个新网站申请医疗保险，并在多数州浏览和购买可负担方案——运行得没有原计划那么顺畅。访问网站的人数远超预期，也加剧了其中一些基础问题。
Despite all that, thousands of people are signing up and saving money as we speak. Many Americans with a preexisting condition, like Janice, are discovering that they can finally get health insurance like everybody else. 尽管如此，此刻仍有成千上万人正在注册并省下费用。许多像珍妮丝一样有既往病症的美国人发现，他们终于可以像其他人一样获得医疗保险。
So today, I want to speak to every American who’s looking to get affordable health insurance. I want you to know what’s available to you and why it may be a good deal for you. And for those who’ve had some problems with the website, I want to tell you what we’re doing to make it work better and how you can sign up to get covered in other ways. 所以今天，我想向每一位希望获得可负担医疗保险的美国人讲话。我希望你们了解自己可以获得什么，以及为什么这对你可能是一笔好交易。对于遇到网站问题的人，我也想说明我们正在做什么来改善运行，以及你们如何通过其他方式注册并获得保障。
But before I do that, let me remind everybody that the Affordable Care Act is not just a website. It's much more. For the vast majority of Americans -- for 85 percent of Americans who already have health insurance through your employer or Medicare or Medicaid -- you don’t need to sign up for coverage through a website at all. You've already got coverage. What the Affordable Care Act does for you is to provide you with new benefits and protections that have been in place for some time. You may not know it, but you're already benefiting from these provisions in the law. 但在此之前，我要提醒大家，《平价医疗法》不只是一个网站，它远不止于此。绝大多数美国人——其中85%已经通过雇主、医疗保险或医疗补助拥有保险——根本不需要通过网站注册，你们已经有保障。《平价医疗法》为你们提供的新福利和保护早已生效。你们可能没有意识到，但已经在享受法律中的这些规定。
For example, because of the Affordable Care Act, young people like Jasmine Jennings, and Jessica Ugalde, and Ezra Salop, all of whom are here today, they’ve been able to stay on their parents’ plans until they’re 26. Millions of other young people are currently benefiting from that part of the law. Another part of the Affordable Care Act is providing seniors with deeper discounts on their prescription medicine. Billions of dollars have been saved by seniors already. That’s part of the law. It’s already in place. It’s happening right now. 例如，由于《平价医疗法》，贾丝敏·詹宁斯、杰西卡·乌加尔德和埃兹拉·萨洛等年轻人都在现场，他们可以留在父母的保险计划中直到26岁。数百万其他年轻人也正在享受这项法律的好处。法律的另一部分为老年人的处方药提供更大折扣；老年人已经节省了数十亿美元。这就是法律的一部分，已经生效，正在发生。
Already, because of the Affordable Care Act, preventive care like mammograms and birth control are free through your employers. That’s part of this law. So there are a wide range of consumer protections and benefits that you already have if you’ve got health insurance. You may not have noticed them, but you’ve got them, and they’re not going anywhere. And they’re not dependent on a website. 由于《平价医疗法》，乳房X光检查和节育等预防性护理已经通过雇主免费提供。这是法律的一部分。如果你有医疗保险，你已经拥有各种消费者保护和福利。你可能没注意到，但它们不会消失，也不依赖某个网站。
Here’s another thing that the Affordable Care Act does. In states where governors and legislatures have wisely allowed it, the Affordable Care Act provides the opportunity for many Americans to get covered under Medicaid for the first time. So in Oregon, for example, that’s helped cut the number of uninsured people by 10 percent just in the last three weeks. Think about that. That’s 56,000 more Americans who now have health care. That doesn’t depend on a website. 《平价医疗法》还有另一项作用：在州长和州议会明智地允许扩大计划的州，许多美国人首次有机会通过医疗补助获得保障。以俄勒冈州为例，仅过去三周，未保险人数就减少了10%。想想看，这意味着多了56,000名获得医疗保健的美国人，而且这不依赖网站。
Now, if you’re one of the 15 percent of Americans who don’t have health insurance -- either because you can’t afford it or because your employer doesn’t offer it, or because you’re a small businessperson and you have to go out on the individual market and buy it on your own and it’s just too expensive -- October 1st was an important date. That’s when we opened the new marketplaces where people without health insurance, or who can’t afford health insurance, or who aren’t part of a group plan, can finally start getting affordable coverage. 如果你属于15%没有医疗保险的美国人——可能因为负担不起、雇主不提供，或者你是小企业主，只能在个人市场自行购买而价格太高——10月1日就是重要日期。那天我们开放了新的市场，让没有保险、买不起保险或不属于团体计划的人终于可以开始获得可负担的保障。
And the idea is simple. By enrolling in what we’re calling these marketplaces, you become part of a big group plan -- as if you were working for a big employer -- a statewide group plan that spreads risk between sick people and healthy people, between young and old, and then bargains on your behalf for the best deal on health care. What we’ve done is essentially create a competition where there wasn’t competition before. We created these big group plans, and now insurers are really interested in getting your business. 这个想法很简单。加入我们称为“市场”的计划后，你就成为大型团体计划的一员，就像为大雇主工作一样。这是全州性的团体计划，在病人与健康人、年轻人与老年人之间分担风险，并代表你争取最好的医疗交易。我们实际上是在原本没有竞争的地方创造了竞争。我们建立了这些大型团体计划，保险公司现在非常希望争取你的业务。
And so insurers have created new health care plans with more choices to be made available through these marketplaces. 因此，保险公司已经创建了新的医疗计划，通过这些市场提供更多选择。
And as a result of this choice and this competition, prices have come down. When you add the new tax credits that many people are eligible for through the law, then the prices come down even further. So one study shows that through new options created by the Affordable Care Act, nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans will find that they can get covered for less than $100 a month. Think about that. 正因为有了选择和竞争，价格下降了。再加上许多人依据法律有资格获得的新税收抵免，价格还会进一步降低。一项研究显示，通过《平价医疗法》创造的新选项，近六成没有保险的美国人每月不到100美元就能获得保障。请想想这一点。
Through the marketplaces, you can get health insurance for what may be the equivalent of your cell phone bill or your cable bill, and that’s a good deal. 通过这些市场，你购买医疗保险的费用可能相当于手机费或有线电视费，这是一笔划算的交易。
So the fact is the product of the Affordable Care Act for people without health insurance is quality health insurance that’s affordable. And that product is working. It’s really good. And it turns out there’s a massive demand for it. So far, the national website, HealthCare.gov, has been visited nearly 20 million times. Twenty million times. And there’s great demand at the state level as well, because there are a bunch of states that are running their own marketplaces. 事实是，对没有医疗保险的人来说，《平价医疗法》提供的是高质量且可负担的保险。这项产品正在发挥作用，而且非常好。事实证明，需求极其旺盛。到目前为止，全国网站HealthCare.gov已被访问近两千万次，整整两千万次。州一级的需求也很大，因为许多州正在运营自己的市场。
We know that nearly one-third of the people applying in Connecticut and Maryland, for example, are under 35 years old. They understand that they can get a good deal at low costs, have the security of health care, and this is not just for old folks like me -- that everybody needs good quality health insurance. And all told, more than half a million consumers across the country have successfully submitted applications through federal and state marketplaces. And many of those applications aren’t just for individuals, it’s for their entire families. 例如，我们知道在康涅狄格州和马里兰州提交申请的人中，近三分之一年龄不到35岁。他们明白自己可以低价获得好方案和医疗保障，这不只是像我这样的老年人才需要的东西——每个人都需要高质量医疗保险。总的来说，全国已有超过50万名消费者通过联邦和州市场成功提交申请，其中许多申请不只为个人，而是为整个家庭。
So even more people are already looking to potentially take advantage of the high quality, affordable insurance that is provided through the Affordable Care Act. 因此，更多人已经在寻求利用《平价医疗法》提供的高质量、可负担保险。
So let me just recap here. The product is good. The health insurance that’s being provided is good. It’s high quality and it’s affordable. People can save money, significant money, by getting insurance that’s being provided through these marketplaces. And we know that the demand is there. People are rushing to see what’s available. And those who have already had a chance to enroll are thrilled with the result. 我在这里简单总结一下：产品很好，提供的医疗保险很好，质量高且价格可负担。通过这些市场购买保险，人们可以节省大量费用。我们知道需求确实存在，人们正争相了解可用方案；已经有机会注册的人都对结果非常满意。
Every day, people who were stuck with sky-high premiums because of preexisting conditions are getting affordable insurance for the first time, or finding, like Janice did, that they’re saving a lot of money. Every day, women are finally buying coverage that doesn’t charge them higher premiums than men for the same care. Every day, people are discovering that new health insurance plans have to cover maternity care, mental health care, free preventive care. 每天，那些因既往病症而被迫支付高得离谱保费的人，第一次获得了可负担保险，或者像珍妮丝一样发现自己省下了很多钱。每天，女性终于可以买到同样护理却不再比男性支付更高保费的保险。每天，人们都发现新的医疗保险计划必须覆盖产科护理、心理健康护理和免费的预防性护理。
So you just heard Janice’s story -- she owns her own small business. She recently became the first woman to enroll in coverage through Delaware’s exchange. And it’s true, it took her a few tries, but it was worth it after being turned down for insurance three times due to minor preexisting conditions. So now she’ll be covered, she’ll save 150 bucks a month, and she won’t have to worry that one illness or accident will cost her her business that she’s worked so hard to build. 你们刚才听到了珍妮丝的故事。她拥有自己的小企业，最近成为第一位通过特拉华州交易所注册保险的女性。确实，她尝试了几次，但此前因轻微既往病症三次被拒保，这次努力是值得的。现在她将获得保障，每月节省150美元，也不用担心一次疾病或事故会夺走她辛苦建立的事业。
And Janice is not alone. I recently received a letter from a woman named Jessica Sanford in Washington State. And here’s what she wrote: “I am a single mom, no child support, self-employed, and I haven’t had insurance for 15 years because it’s too expensive. My son has ADHD and requires regular doctor visits and his meds alone cost $250 per month. I have had an ongoing tendinitis problem due to my line of work that I haven’t had treated. Now, finally, we get to have coverage because of the ACA for $169 per month. I was crying the other day when I signed up. So much stress lifted.” 珍妮丝并不是唯一一个这样的人。我最近收到华盛顿州一位叫杰西卡·桑福德的女士来信。她写道：“我是单亲妈妈，没有子女抚养费，靠自雇工作生活。因为太贵，我15年来没有保险。我的儿子患有多动症，需要定期看医生，光药费每月就要250美元。我因工作原因长期患肌腱炎，却一直没有治疗。现在，终于因为《平价医疗法》，我们每月169美元就能获得保障。前几天注册时我哭了，太多压力终于卸下。”
Now, that is not untypical for a lot of folks like Jessica who have been struggling without health insurance. That’s what the Affordable Care Act is all about. The point is, the essence of the law -- the health insurance that’s available to people -- is working just fine. In some cases, actually, it’s exceeding expectations -- the prices are lower than we expected, the choice is greater than we expected. 像杰西卡这样在没有医疗保险的情况下苦苦挣扎的人，这种经历并不少见。这正是《平价医疗法》的意义所在。法律的核心——人们能够获得的医疗保险——运行得很好；有些方面甚至超出预期，价格比预想更低，选择比预想更多。
But the problem has been that the website that’s supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance is not working the way it should for everybody. And there’s no sugarcoating it. The website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process. And I think it’s fair to say that nobody is more frustrated by that than I am -- precisely because the product is good, I want the cash registers to work. I want the checkout lines to be smooth. So I want people to be able to get this great product. 问题在于，本应让申请和购买保险更容易的网站，对所有人来说没有按应有方式运行。事实无法粉饰：网站速度太慢，人们在申请过程中卡住。我认为没有人比我更沮丧，正因为产品很好，我希望收银台能正常工作、结账队伍能顺畅，让人们得到这个好产品。
And there’s no excuse for the problems, and these problems are getting fixed. 这些问题没有任何借口，但正在得到修复。
But while we’re working out the kinks in the system, I want everybody to understand the nature of the problem. First of all, even with all the problems at HealthCare.gov, the website is still working for a lot of people -- just not as quick or efficient or consistent as we want. And although many of these folks have found that they had to wait longer than they wanted, once they complete the process they’re very happy with the deal that’s available to them, just like Janice’s. 在我们解决系统故障时，我希望大家了解问题的性质。首先，即使HealthCare.gov存在各种问题，网站仍为许多人运行，只是速度、效率和稳定性没有达到要求。许多人等待时间比预期更长，但完成流程后，他们和珍妮丝一样对可获得的方案非常满意。
Second, I want everybody to remember that we’re only three weeks into a six-month open enrollment period, when you can buy these new plans. Keep in mind the insurance doesn’t start until January 1st; that’s the earliest that the insurance can kick in. No one who decides to purchase a plan has to pay their first premium until December 15th. And unlike the day after Thanksgiving sales for the latest Playstation or flat-screen TVs, the insurance plans don’t run out. They’re not going to sell out. 第二，请记住，我们才进入六个月开放注册期的第三周，在此期间可以购买新计划。保险要到1月1日才生效，那是最早开始日期。决定购买的人在12月15日前无需支付首期保费。保险计划不像感恩节后的最新游戏机或平板电视促销，不会售罄。
They’ll be available through the marketplace -- throughout the open enrollment period. The prices that insurers have set will not change. So everybody who wants insurance through the marketplace will get insurance, period. Everybody who wants insurance through the marketplace will get insurance. 它们将在整个开放注册期内持续提供。保险公司设定的价格不会改变。因此，所有想通过市场购买保险的人都会得到保险，就是这样；每一个人都会得到保险。
Third, we are doing everything we can possibly do to get the websites working better, faster, sooner. We’ve got people working overtime, 24/7, to boost capacity and address the problems. Experts from some of America’s top private-sector tech companies who, by the way, have seen things like this happen before, they want it to work. They're reaching out. They're offering to send help. We’ve had some of the best IT talent in the entire country join the team. And we’re well into a “tech surge” to fix the problem. And we are confident that we will get all the problems fixed. 第三，我们正在竭尽所能让网站更好、更快地运行。我们安排人员加班、全天候工作以提升容量并解决问题。美国顶尖私营科技公司的专家也主动伸出援手，团队吸收了全国最优秀的IT人才。我们已经深入开展“技术攻坚”，并相信所有问题都会解决。
Number four -- while the website will ultimately be the easiest way to buy insurance through the marketplace, it isn’t the only way. And I want to emphasize this. Even as we redouble our efforts to get the site working as well as it’s supposed to, we’re also redoubling our efforts to make sure you can still buy the same quality, affordable insurance plans available on the marketplace the old-fashioned way -- offline, either over the phone or in person. 第四，网站最终会是通过市场购险最方便的方式，但不是唯一方式。即使我们加倍努力修复网站，也会加倍确保你可以用传统方式——离线、电话或当面——购买市场上同样高质量且可负担的保险。
And, by the way, there are a lot of people who want to take advantage of this who are more comfortable working on the phone anyway or in person. So let me go through the specifics as to how you can do that if you’re having problems with the website or you just prefer dealing with a person. 顺便说，很多人本来就更习惯电话或当面办理。如果网站遇到问题，或者你更愿意与人打交道，下面我会具体说明如何办理。
Yesterday, we updated the website’s home page to offer more information about the other avenues to enroll in affordable health care until the online option works for everybody. So you’ll find information about how to talk to a specialist who can help you apply over the phone or to receive a downloadable application you can fill out yourself and mail in. 昨天，我们更新了网站主页，在在线选项对所有人正常运行前，提供其他注册可负担医疗的途径。你会找到如何联系专家、通过电话申请，或下载申请表自行填写后邮寄的信息。
We’ve also added more staff to the call centers where you can apply for insurance over the phone. Those are already -- they've been working. But a lot of people have decided first to go to the website. But keep in mind, these call centers are already up and running. And you can get your questions answered by real people, 24 hours a day, in 150 different languages. The phone number for these call centers is 1-800-318-2596. I want to repeat that -- 1-800-318-2596. 我们还增加了电话呼叫中心的工作人员。它们已经在运行，只是许多人先去了网站。请记住，呼叫中心全天候运转，由真人用150种语言回答问题，电话是1-800-318-2596，我再重复一次：1-800-318-2596。
Wait times have averaged less than one minute so far on the call centers, although I admit that the wait times probably might go up a little bit now that I've read the number out loud on national television. 目前呼叫中心平均等待时间不到一分钟，不过我承认，既然我在全国电视上念出了号码，等待时间可能会稍微增加。
But the point is the call centers are available. You can talk to somebody directly and they can walk you through the application process. And I guarantee you, if one thing is worth the wait, it’s the safety and security of health care that you can afford, or the amount of money that you can save by buying health insurance through the marketplaces. 重点是呼叫中心可以使用。你可以直接与工作人员交谈，他们会引导你完成申请。我保证，如果有什么值得等待，那就是你负担得起的医疗保障和通过市场购买保险所能节省的钱。
Once you get on the phone with a trained representative, it usually takes about 25 minutes for an individual to apply for coverage, about 45 minutes for a family. Once you apply for coverage, you will be contacted by email or postal mail about your coverage status. 与受训代表通话后，个人申请保障通常约需25分钟，家庭申请约45分钟。提交申请后，你会通过电子邮件或邮寄收到保障状态通知。
But you don't have to just go through the phone. You can also apply in person with the help of local navigators -– these are people specially trained to help you sign up for health care, and they exist all across the country, or you can go to community health centers and hospitals. Just visit LocalHelp.HealthCare.gov to find out where in your area you can get help and apply for insurance in person. 你不必只通过电话办理。也可以在当地导航员帮助下当面申请；他们遍布全国，专门协助人们注册医疗保障。你也可以前往社区卫生中心和医院。访问LocalHelp.HealthCare.gov，即可查找当地帮助并当面申请保险。
And finally, if you’ve already tried to apply through the website and you’ve been stuck somewhere along the way, do not worry. In the coming weeks, we will contact you directly, personally, with a concrete recommendation for how you can complete your application, shop for coverage, pick a plan that meets your needs, and get covered once and for all. 最后，如果你已经尝试通过网站申请却在某一步卡住，不必担心。未来几周我们会亲自直接联系你，具体建议如何完成申请、选择保障、挑选符合需求的计划并最终获得保险。
So here’s the bottom line. The product, the health insurance is good. The prices are good. It is a good deal. People don’t just want it; they’re showing up to buy it. Nobody is madder than me about the fact that the website isn’t working as well as it should, which means it’s going to get fixed. 归根结底，保险产品很好，价格也好，是一笔划算的交易。人们不只是想要它，还纷纷前来购买。网站没有按应有方式运行让我最为恼火，这意味着它一定会修好。
And in the meantime, you can bypass the website and apply by phone or in person. So don’t let problems with the website deter you from signing up, or signing your family up, or showing your friends how to sign up, because it is worth it. It will save you money. If you don't have health insurance, if you’ve got a preexisting condition, it will save you money and it will give you the security that your family needs. 在此期间，你可以绕过网站，通过电话或当面申请。不要让网站问题阻止你或家人注册，也不要阻止你帮助朋友注册，因为这值得一试。它会为你省钱；如果你没有保险或有既往病症，它会省钱并给家庭所需的安全感。
In fact, even with the website issues, we’ve actually made the overall process of buying insurance through the marketplace a lot smoother and easier than the old way of buying insurance on your own. Part of the challenge here is that a lot of people may not remember what it’s like to buy insurance the traditional way. 事实上，即使存在网站问题，我们通过市场购险的整体流程仍比过去个人自行购买保险顺畅容易得多。部分挑战在于，许多人可能已经不记得传统购买保险是什么样子。
The way we’ve set it up, there are no more absurdly long application forms. There’s no medical history questionnaire that goes on for pages and pages. There’s no more getting denied because you’ve had a preexisting condition. Instead of contacting a bunch of different insurers one at a time, which is what Janice and a lot of people who are shopping on the individual market for health insurance had to do, there’s one single place you can go shop and compare plans that have to compete for your business. There’s one single phone number you can call for help. 按照我们的设计，不再有荒谬冗长的申请表，也没有延续数页的病史问卷，不会再因既往病症被拒保。过去珍妮丝和许多个人市场购险者必须逐一联系不同保险公司；现在，你只需到一个地方比较方案，让它们竞争你的业务。你还可以拨打一个统一求助电话。
And once the kinks in the website have been ironed out, it will be an even smoother and even easier. But in the meantime, we will help you sign up -- because consumers want to buy this product and insurance companies want to sell it to you. 网站故障修好后，流程会更加顺畅、更加容易。但在此期间，我们会帮助你注册，因为消费者想购买这种产品，保险公司也想把它卖给你。
Now, let me close by addressing some of the politics that have swirled around the Affordable Care Act. I recognize that the Republican Party has made blocking the Affordable Care Act its signature policy idea. Sometimes it seems to be the one thing that unifies the party these days. In fact, they were willing to shut down the government and potentially harm the global economy to try to get it repealed. And I’m sure that given the problems with the website so far, they’re going to be looking to go after it even harder. 现在，我来谈谈围绕《平价医疗法》的政治争论。我知道，共和党把阻止这项法律作为标志性政策，有时似乎成了如今团结该党的唯一事情。事实上，他们甚至愿意让政府停摆、可能损害全球经济，只为废除它。鉴于网站目前的问题，我确信他们会更猛烈地攻击这项法律。
And let's admit it -- with the website not working as well as it needs to work, that makes a lot of supporters nervous because they know how it's been subject to so much attack, the Affordable Care Act generally. 我们也必须承认，网站没有按需要的水平运行，让许多支持者感到紧张，因为他们知道《平价医疗法》一直受到大量攻击。
But I just want to remind everybody, we did not wage this long and contentious battle just around a website. That’s not what this was about. We waged this battle to make sure that millions of Americans in the wealthiest nation on Earth finally have the same chance to get the same security of affordable quality health care as anybody else. That’s what this is about. And the Affordable Care Act has done that. 但我要提醒大家，我们进行这场漫长而激烈的斗争，绝不只是为了一个网站。我们奋斗，是为了确保地球上最富裕国家的数百万美国人，终于有机会像其他人一样获得可负担、高质量医疗保障。这正是这场斗争的意义，而《平价医疗法》已经实现了这一点。
People can now get good insurance. People with preexisting conditions can now afford insurance. And if the launch of this website proves anything, it’s that people across the country don’t just need that security, they want that security. They want it. And in the meantime -- I’ve said many times -- I’m willing to work with anyone on any idea to make this law perform even better. But it’s time for folks to stop rooting for its failure, because hardworking, middle-class families are rooting for its success. And if the product is good, they're willing to be patient. 人们现在可以获得优质保险，有既往病症的人也能负担保险。网站上线说明，全国人民不仅需要这种安全感，也渴望这种安全感。他们确实渴望。正如我多次说过，我愿意与任何人合作、采纳任何想法，让法律运行得更好。但现在是停止盼望它失败的时候，因为辛勤工作的中产阶级家庭正在盼望它成功。如果产品好，他们愿意耐心等待。
I got a letter last week from a self-employed man named John Mier in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania. He used the new marketplace to get himself and his wife covered and save a lot of money. 上周，我收到宾夕法尼亚州利茨代尔一位自雇人士约翰·米尔的来信。他通过新市场为自己和妻子获得保障，还省下了很多钱。
And here’s what he said, because it pretty much sums up my message today: “Yes, the website really stank for the first week.” “But instead of paying $1,600 per month for a group insurance plan, we have a plan that will only cost us $692 a month -- a savings of $900 per month.” John said that while he saw -- when he saw what they’d be paying, he turned to his wife and told her, "We might just pull through. We can afford this." And John eventually predicted that "the website will work like a champ." 他说，这几乎概括了我今天的信息：“第一周网站确实糟透了。”“但我们不再每月支付1600美元的团体保险费，而是有了每月只需692美元的计划——每月节省900美元。”约翰说，当他看到他们将支付的金额时，转身对妻子说：“我们也许能撑过去，我们负担得起。”约翰最终预言：“网站会运行得非常出色。”
So John, he was frustrated by the website, but he's feeling a little less frustrated once he found out that he was saving 900 bucks a month on his health insurance. And John is right, the website is going to get fixed and the law works. 约翰曾因网站受挫，但发现医疗保险每月省下900美元后，挫败感减轻了。约翰说得对，网站会修好，法律也在发挥作用。
That's why we fought so hard to pass this law -- to save folks like John money; to give people who don't have health insurance the chance to get it for the first time; to lift from the American people the crushing burden of unaffordable health care; to free families from the pervasive fear that one illness -- [on-stage female audience member appears to losing consciousness]1 -- there you go, you are ok. I'm right here. I got you. No, no -- you're okay. This happens when I talk too long. You'll be okay. Here, why don't you go. 这正是我们努力通过这项法律的原因：为约翰这样的人省钱；让没有医疗保险的人第一次有机会获得保险；解除美国人民无法负担医疗的沉重负担；让家庭摆脱“一场疾病就可能让他们失去一切”的普遍恐惧——（台上一名女性观众似乎失去意识）——好了，你没事。我就在这里扶着你。不，不，你没事。看来我讲得太久时就会发生这种事。你会没事的。来，你为什么不先离开？
Good catch, by the way, whoever was here. 顺便说，刚才出手接住她的人做得很好。
But that's always our goal, to free families from the pervasive fear that one illness or one injury might cost you everything that you dedicated a lifetime to build. Our goal has always been to declare that in this country the security of health care is not a privilege for a fortunate few. It's a right for all to enjoy. That's what the Affordable Care Act is all about. That's its promise. And I intend to deliver on that promise. 但我们的目标始终是让家庭摆脱这样的恐惧：一次疾病或一次受伤可能让他们失去一生努力建立的一切。我们的目标一直是宣告，在这个国家，医疗保障不是少数幸运者的特权，而是所有人都享有的权利。这就是《平价医疗法》的全部意义，也是它的承诺。我打算兑现这一承诺。
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. 非常感谢大家。愿上帝保佑你们。