> If elected officials did their jobs and maintained something resembling a free market everything would be so much better. Not happening for the next 4 years.

> If elected officials did their jobs and maintained something resembling a free market everything would be so much better. Not happening for the next 4 years. Absent government help, people need to take matters in their own hands. Build unions and co-ops. Customer unions, patient unions, homeowners unions - not just employer unions. Band together and buy reduced price/better termed insurance. Ultimately, shareholders must take a few years of losses - that's just business.