Obama warns that health costs will keep rising without action as he touts proposal in NJ

Obama says health costs will rise without action

HOLMDEL, N.J. — President Barack Obama says he wants a health care overhaul this year and that costs will continue to rise without action.

Obama on Thursday told a political fundraiser that he is confident Congress will deliver legislation overhauling the nation’s health care system. He has said he wants lawmakers to take action before their break for their August recess.

Obama says the country will weather an economic crisis and the new economy will be better than before. He says investing in clean energy research, controlling health care costs and training a new generation of workers are part of his solution.

He says the naysayers expect a different outcome with the same-old approaches to a decades-old challenge.