Universal Health Care Speech Analysis

It is stated that a “healthy nation is a wealthy nation”. Prior to March 2010, millions of citizens were uninsured and burdened with health care expenses. With the nation’s health care system straining the American people, many wanted reform. Leading up to the 2008 presidential election, Candidate Barack Obama proposed a universal health care system in his speech, “The Time Has Come For Universal Health Care”, which envisioned a policy that increased health care quality and affordability. As a result, on March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was successfully implemented by elected President Obama. On the contrary, those who oppose the ACA have a different stance. In the article, “How the Democrats Are Failing Obamacare” by Jim Newell, Newell asserts the negative effects of the ACA. On the whole, through establishing credibility as well as appealing to emotion and logic, Obama and Newell effectively achieve their purposes. To begin, Obama establishes his credibility by setting an authoritative tone with a purpose to show urgency towards national health care. In his speech, Obama states, “I am working with experts to develop my own plan as we speak...We have the ideas, we have the resources, and we must find …show more content…
By establishing credibility, Obama and Newell create a foundation to maintain the audience’s trust and acknowledgment. Following, Obama and Newell appeal emotionally. Obama provoked a reflective and sympathetic emotion, whereas Newell elicited dissatisfaction and disappointment. Similarly, Obama and Newell utilized facts and statistics to strengthen their argument. In final analysis, Obama developed a speech that confronted health care reform, which in result was a considered factor in him winning the election. Conversely, Newell created an article that confronted the effects of the ACA as well as giving insight as to why the ACA is affecting the