Reply #13: The medical industry is a big part of the market.

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And any real reform would include strict regulation, real bargaining on the cost of care and control over excess profit. That would mean the medical segment of the market tanks. Not only would that be a sign that the government intends to put people before medical industry profits it would be a signal to every other big business on the corporate welfare teat that things are actually changing. There goes the rest of the criminal enterprises wall street.

There can be no real reform in any area because it opens the door. Once people get a taste of power over corporations the banks will be in a world of hurt.
Right now both the political right and left have people convinced they are powerless in the face of corporate control. Hence the "must accept crumbs" philosophy. I don't see that changing to save a million lives a year never mind 45,000.