It seems to me that the majority of the American public are seriously confused about everything from international politics to healthcare. Don't they have journalism in this country at all? When I read New York Times and other of the major news sources I have noticed that they just don't get a lot of things. The discussion about generic medicine for example, the NYT journalist did not even mention the medical prize alternative. When a person like G. W. Bush jr. are able to blind all the news sources in the whole country in the Iraq war it is not so difficult to understand. Here is an exception from the rule:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/weekinreview/26leonhardt.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Update: It was interesting to read Becker and Posner's comments on the healthcare crisis, but neither of their comments was particulary interesting in my eyes. I think it is as simple as that the health care system i USA are currently on a local optimum, and going from this local optimum to a higher optimum means going through a deep uncomforable valley. Perhaps unbearable for the country. Take a look at this figure:
http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/local_optimum.jpg
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