The First Lady touts the importance of health insurance reform–for women and families.

With her husband lobbying hard for the passage of health insurance legislation this year, Michelle Obama joined the debate in a speech Friday, appealing directly to women.

“Health care is very much a women’s issue, and if we want to achieve true equality for women … then we have to reform the system,” she said in her speech.

“Eight in 10 women, mothers, report that they’re the ones responsible for choosing their children’s doctor, for getting them to their checkups, for managing that follow-up care. Women are the ones to do it. Mothers are the ones that do it. And many women find themselves doing the same thing for their spouses,” Obama told the majority-female audience, which boasted representatives from several women’s organizations, including the YWCA and the Women’s Chamber of Commerce.

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