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Daniel Indiviglio - Daniel Indiviglio was an associate editor at The Atlantic from 2009 through 2011. He is now the Washington, D.C.-based columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He is also a 2011 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow through the Phillips Foundation. More

Indiviglio has also written for Forbes. Prior to becoming a journalist, he spent several years working as an investment banker and a consultant.
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Americans Like their HMOs More Than Congress

By Daniel Indiviglio

Jul 24 2010, 10:45 AM ET Comment

Maybe instead of focusing on health care reform, a little introspection would have served Congress a little better. A new poll by Gallup shows that Americans' confidence in Congress was the lowest of any institution the polling firm asked about, registering a score of just 11%. It was right below HMOs, which had a 19% confidence score. The medical system on a whole ranked fifth, with 40% confidence. Here are the poll results:

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