Obama campaigned on the goals that everyone should have health insurance, that high medical costs should not bankrupt anyone, and that increased efficiency in the production and delivery of care should slow the overall growth of health-care costs. But, rather than producing a specific proposal, he left it to Congress to design the legislation.
奥巴马的竞选目标是人人都应该有医疗保险，任何人都不应该因高额的医疗费用而破产，而提高医疗行业的生产和服务效率应该使医疗开支的整体增长速度放缓。但奥巴马并没有拿出一个具体的方案，而是将立法的难题留给了国会。