Though it may seem a bit early for vigorous PPACA back-patting at the White House, President Obama's team is clearly feeling upbeat about the early returns on health care reform.

In a post this week on The White House Blog, Alan Krueger trumpeted the good news about health care cost containment that is coming in from many sources. Krueger is chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors at the White House.

Krueger's post aggregated data from various sources, all indicating that skyrocketing healthcare cost trends may be reversing as PPACA implementation approaches its full glory.

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