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

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.

It has become clear that the function of a private health insurance is to make as much money as possible. Every dollar not paid out in claims is another dollar made in profits for the company.

What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.

The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term.

You know we're going to control the insurance companies.

Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.

I understand that in these difficult economic times, the potential for any additional expense is not welcomed by American businesses. But in the long run, the health insurance reform law promises to cut health-care costs for U.S. businesses, not expand them.

American businesses are struggling to pay outrageous, exploitive insurance bills for their employees, hampering our ability to compete globally.