Hence, the investigative journalists are down in the dumps. So are officials of both parties. So are pundits and activists and analysts. They keep casting about for crises that will engage the public imagination, that will command attention, that will make them look like heroes. So people who make politics their business are always looking for emergencies.
Health care is a perennial favorite.
Politicians at both the state and national levels rush to address the presumed crisis with gobs of legislation. But it's an empty ritual, left over from an earlier time. It serves no real need. And depending on how the question is worded, either a plurality or a majority prefers regulation by an independent nonprofit organization to government oversight. No crisis there, just normal discontent.