The health-care debate is over for now, and the economy shows a few nascent signs of a spring pick-up, but an uneasiness lingers over the land.

Why so?

I suspect what’s bothering the majority of Americans who consider themselves moderates isn’t what President Obama has been saying, it’s what he hasn’t been saying that’s at issue.

Take our nation’s medical system.

While Americans have endured a year-long lecture about its inequalities and inefficiencies — and they are legion — why does the president never stop for a moment to highlight the innovation that makes the US a mecca for sick patients around the world?

Why do the pharmaceutical companies, with their life-saving cures, always have to be cloaked in images of greed and evil — when they employ millions of Americans and are one of our most reliable sources of exports?

Now that ObamaCare is the law of the land, shouldn’t the White House pivot from the constant talk about reining in the medical-device and drug and bio-tech companies and help unleash a charge to make these industries a turbo-charged engine for growth?

The very same demographic time bomb that is ticking in all developed countries makes the health-care industry a natural place for American business to shine.

As Mary Poppins would say: “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.”

Yet even in victory, President Obama seems to lack any sort of that sunny optimism about America’s future. A recent Washington Post column titled “The Happiness Deficit” argued that the president doesn’t seem to be enjoying the White House, or his time in office, much.

I think Americans are picking up on that vibe as well. Sure, the president was handed a horrible financial mess and near double-digit unemployment, but so, too, was Ronald Reagan. Where is the sentiment that America’s best days are yet to come?

If more Americans were indeed reminded that is the case, huge issues such as health care and financial-industry reform would seem easier to tackle. terrykeenan@email.com