In an impromptu appearance at today’s White House press briefing, President Obama said he knows reforming the nation’s health care system will be “complicated,” but that he’s “optimistic” about the chances for a bill succeeding.
I’m generally a “can-do” sort of person, but I definitely would feel more likely to share his optimism if the cost projections — all of which are $1 trillion and upward — weren’t so prominent and payment proposals weren’t so blatantly absent.