Healthcare in the US lags behind many first world countries, so there's room for improvement and if we can have our cake (climate) and eat it too (healthcare), I'm all for it. But the climate scientists are warning us that if we don't take action on the climate today, we're looking at civilization-collapse-level consequences in the near future. Healthcare reform pales in comparison. So this is precisely the place to spend trillions, to the extent we have to choose.

The more concerning problem is that the climate change initiatives are spending trillions on what amounts to a drop in the bucket. If we could muster the political will to pass carbon pricing legislation, we could actually generate revenue and carbon pricing is a far more effective way to combat climate change, but it's a bridge too far for fossil fuel companies (and their politicians) so we won't get that.