The health care debate is really no diversion. I fully expect that there will be no public option. This means the govt will pay for around 50 million people to be insured by private insurers. You Do the math!!! It is a huge free bonanza for very large companies. Look at how they already do business.
When a public option does come around, it will be the govt paying for the most expensive people to ensure. The insurance companies will get the healthier people. Obama has already negotiated this in back room deals, and the only leaks are from white house clerks. This is virtually identical to the Cheney energy meetings we are not privy to, although we did pay for both. The only difference is the companies in the equation.
Qui Bono - The very rich will benefit yet again. At the same price they sell insurance to much smaller groups of people.
Shermann