单选题 Appealing to these expectations, Obama told Americans what they want to hear. People with insurance won't be required to change plans or doctors; they'll enjoy more security because insurance companies won't be permitted to deny coverage based on "pre - existing conditions" or cancel policies when people get sick. All Americans will be required to have insurance, but those who can't afford it will get subsidies.
As for costs, not to worry. "Reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid will pay for most of is plan. " Obama said. He pledged to" not sign a plan that adds one dime to our [budget] deficits- either now or in the future. "If you believe Obama, what's not to like? Universal insurance. Continued choice. Lower costs.
The problem is that you can't entirely believe Obam

• a. If he were candid - if we were candid - we'd all acknowledge that the goals of our ideal health - care system collide. Perhaps we can have any two, but not all three.
  If we want universal insurance and unlimited patient and doctor choice, costs will continually spiral upward, because there will be no reason or no one to stop them. We have a variant of that today -a cost -plus system, with widespread insurance and open -ended reimbursement. Higher costs push up premiums and taxes. That's one reason health spending has gone from 5 percent of gross domestic product in 1960 to 16 percent in 2007. (Other reasons: new technologies, rising incomes. ) But controlling spending requires limits on patients and doctors.
  What is the author's attitude towards Obama's reform plan on health- care?A. Welcome.B. Critical.C. Indifferent.D. Approvin