Members of congress should take offense to President Obama telling them that if they don’t have a deadline, they can’t get anything done.    In his fourth prime time news conference of his administration, President Obama continued to poke and prod of members of Congress into quick action on healthcare.   The problem with this prescription, the administration needs to realize that to carry out a complete overhaul of our health care system, it’s more important to get it done ‘right’ than ‘right now.

Another inspiring teleprompter-driven Obamacare speech, mixed with some questions from the media, and nothing new to show for it.  It was more of the same, and many are still asking the same questions about cost, choice, and coverage for our elected officials.  When the president was pressed for details, he reverted to his talk of little blue pills, red pills, and sore throats.

The president dodged the cost question by saying, “before we talk about how to pay for it, let's talk about what exactly needs to be done.” 

President Obama did say he supports a bill that would, “slow the growth of health-care costs in the long run.”

Yet, the Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf says the administration’s legislation expands health costs and adds to the deficit.

The president claims that if you like your doctors and your insurance coverage, you can keep them.  He said it again in his ‘snooze’ conference, “If you have health insurance, the reform we're proposing will provide you with more security and more stability. It will keep government out of health care decisions, giving you the option to keep your insurance if you're happy with it.”

He has yet to address the issue of employees who drop your coverage in favor of the lower cost government run health option.  An option that Congress and the President are exempt from.

If the government controlled, aka “public option,” plan is the treasure Obama claims, then he and members of congress should be willing to rely on that coverage.  Yet, when asked if he would take the coverage, as a symbolic gesture, the president reminded us that he’s president with a doctor at his side every minute.

“I've got the best health care in the world. I'm trying to make sure that everybody has good health care, and they don't right now,” he said.

Despite Obama’s notion that “the default position is inertia” and “there are consequences for inaction,” looks like Congress will take no action on the health care plan before the August recess.  That’s a good thing.  While I do believe further discussion is the best solution, I have a sense those on the Hill are saying, “I got your deadline, Mr. President.”