Source: David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times ( Free Registration )

It seems clear that change is coming to the U.S. healthcare system. President-elect Barack Obama wants it. Congress wants it. Even the insurance industry says the time is ripe to do things differently. But not too differently. The idea of doing away with the employer-based insurance system -- which has become increasingly unsustainable for businesses and has resulted in 47 million Americans going without coverage -- seems to be off the table. "There are very few economists who say that if they were king, the employer-based system is the one they would pick," said Henry Aaron, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who specializes in healthcare.

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