Worth noting: neither major Presidential candidate, nor the news media, made health care a focus of the recent election. The issue was almost ignored. And neither major political party offers much: the Democratic establishment will defend the Affordable Care Act to the death (literally in this case), despite the fact that it's not particularly affordable, becoming more unaffordable over time, and it continues to enshrine and subsizide the ruthless for-profit insurance companies. On the other hand, the Republicans paint any kind of government involvement in health care as "Communist", despite the fact that the entire rest of the civilized world have more efficient, effective, and compassionate health care systems heavily regulated by the government.

I think it's a sign of deep American corruption that we can't even have this public debate without a salacious murder occurring.