Profit has to be worked in to the cost but just like auto union workers were overpaid and driving up the cost of cars so too are these healthcare giants.Ok.. so, people shouldn't provide healthcare for profit. What should they provide health care for? Fun? The satisfaction of helping their fellow man?
Who can we have compete with the insurance companies like we had Toyota and Honda compete with Ford and GM? We can't bring in a flood of foreign doctors. The industry is too heavily regulated for that. So we need a public option.
Think about how much easier it would be to start a business if there were a free public option.
Think about how much employers and consumers would save if corporations didn't have to buy healthcare.