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.

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.

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.

Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.