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Private insurance companies in America are reaping huge profits.

Let's hold insurance companies accountable the right way by making them put their whole customer base on the line.

Skyrocketing insurance premiums are debilitating our Nation's health care delivery system and liability insurers are either leaving the market or raising rates to excessive levels.

Competition among insurers would bring down the cost of health care insurance, just as it brings down the cost of car or homeowners insurance.

This marketplace where people can buy insurance who don't have it today - a competitive marketplace: That's an idea that both sides embrace.

Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not to cover patients who have fallen ill or to compensate doctors and hospitals for their services. It is an industry that is increasingly concentrated and where Americans are paying more to receive less.

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals.