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Why Americans are outraged over health insurance — and what could change (www.cnbc.com)

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TL;DR: Nothing. Thanks for the update, MicroSoft National Business Corporation.

Gidwaney said there will need to be structural changes to the entire industry, which will require harder, longer-term legislative efforts. That may prove difficult with Republicans set to take control of a closely divided Congress for the next two years.

Not that the Democratic party would do much, even if it had the White House and a congressional supermajority. Rebranded neoliberal patchwork RomneyCare is the most they’re willing to do.

Until any significant changes occur, patients can “really try to take control of their own health,” […]

Bootstraps.