Is Health Care Debate a Deliberate Distraction?

Dear Editor,
    It's interesting that at the start of this year, regular people across the country were livid about the bank bailouts and related scandals. More than that, Americans from conservative to progressive were angry that a deep culture of corporate greed and corruption had endangered the global economy. For a little while I thought it would form the ground of real, lasting reforms.
    Flash forward. Our unemployment rates are still enormous, the banks we bailed out still aren't lending to businesses, and nothing much has changed regarding that deep culture of corporate greed and corruption. But instead of focusing on that, we've been focusing on the health care debate all year.
    Isn't it interesting that instead of financial reforms and jobs programs and getting the business lending system going again, a very divisive wedge issue that had little to do with any of that took over the political airwaves? And that at the end of the day, conservatives only kinda win and progressives only kinda win – but the insurance industry makes out like bandits? Don't get me wrong, wherever you stand health care is an important issue. But if I didn't know any better, I'd say the whole thing looked like a con.