June 11, 2009  Posted: 02:05 PM ET

(CNN) — President Barack Obama took his health care reform push on the road Thursday, saying in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that those concerned with high costs and rising deficits should be proponents of change to an ailing system.

“If you’re worried about spending and you’re worried about deficits, you need to be worried about the cost of health care,” he said at a town hall meeting, later adding that doing nothing would cost far more in the coming years.

He aimed his comments at Republican opponents of Democratic-backed proposals for a government-funded national health care option intended to ensure that 47 million Americans lacking health insurance can sign up for — and afford — coverage.  Source Article