For every two doctors in the U.S., there is now one health-insurance employee—more than 470,000 in total. That adds about $50 per person per month to the health care premiums.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200909/health-care

I don't want to demonize health insurers or anyone else, but I do want to see a lot of people become unemployed, with the savings going (1) to provide better basic care to the Medicaid population (their high end needs are met),(2) a safety net for employed workers (especially low paid workers) (3) an affordable option for the self-employed (and low paid workers), and (4) Mandatory catastrophic coverage for all. There is a LOT of mispent money and mispent tax breaks (subsidies) that can be redirected to accomplish this.

Good luck to us on Wednesday.