The NYT lays out the state of healthcare economics to just two simple contexts: access and spending. For the Obama administration, the irresistable goal of maintaining healthcare supremacy via innovation must be tempered, at the same time explicitly coupled, with containing costs and expanding access to those who truly cannot afford it. Recently, it seems the effort to merely compile all of the information needed for Obama to strategize has taken up all of his time. But it could be paying off; last week he unveiled Healthreform.gov, a website dedicated both to informing the very public he wishes to help and establishing plans of action to increase access and cut spending.

However, the urgency of the healthcare economic downward spiral will require the administration to make decisions under pressure. Already, this has forced Obama to reconsider campaign trail guarantees to the uninsured, creating a loss in trust among voters in this area. Although, Obama has garnered key congressional support for some sort of coverage mandate for adults on the issue, the challenge for this administration rests in giving private insurers enough incentive to continue to compete for healthcare dollars alongside the government. | LINK

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