anchor: There is a lesson here for policy-makers who hope that the public will be easily led to make modest sacrifices for the common good (or even for their individual good)--such as accepting controls on medical usage to limit the runaway costs of medical care.
positive: Here lies a lesson for those policy-makers who hope that modest sacrifices can be made by the public for common benefit.
negative: Despite the mountain of evidence here, there is no lesson to be had.