A publicly run health care program could compete with private insurance companies, which have a record of overcharging and underperforming.

Nobody likes insurance companies, especially health insurance companies.

When I was in the Senate, I worked to pass Women's Health and Wellness Act, which bars insurance companies from discriminating against the health care needs of women.

People don't trust private health insurance companies for all the right reasons.

Mention health in most companies, and the cost of health insurance is what comes to mind, not how the company can invest to prevent further escalation in societal health care costs.

I want to level the playing field for people who want to purchase health insurance as individuals, and that means eliminating the exemption for employer-sponsored health care.