On its front page, the White House website recently featured this one-sentence description of Obamacare: “Health Reform as signed by the President will put American families and small businesses in control of their health care, instead of insurance companies.”

But in the interest of being entirely open and honest with the American people, the White House might want to consider a few subtle tweaks to that description to make it reflect the CBO analysis of what’s actually in the legislation — perhaps as follows: “‘Health reform’ would limit the kinds of coverage that Americans families could purchase and would fine them if they don’t comply; would mandate the kinds of coverage that small businesses must offer and would fine them if they don’t comply; and would funnel $1.008 trillion in the overhaul’s real first decade (2014 to 2023) from American taxpayers, through the federal government, to insurance companies — jailing anyone who doesn’t comply.”

To be sure, this sentence is a bit longer than the other, but it’s important to get all of these small details right. And I’m sure that the White House wouldn’t inadvertently want to mislead anyone.