As was argued to me (though I'm not sure I agree it's the case with this healthcare bill but I digress), a healthcare system with more universal coverage might make it easier for some people to quit their jobs to create new businesses. Privacy concerns and government recordkeeping also seem to be of definite interest.

This particular submission deals with the difficulty in getting the facts through mainstream news networks while at the same time we also see a lot of popular submissions about the death of mainstream news (not sure if you define these as political)... there just might be a relationship there.

It's the same reason why SCOTUS nominations are so contentious now. Previously the Supremes had both less power relative to the other two branches and far, far less power to actually impact the lives of regular folks.