I don't buy into that. It is not how it works everywhere else in the world with universal health care systems, why would it work that way in US? And wouldn't the point of introducing a health care system be to break the backs of the insurers and private corporations? I understand that this idea would be against the political philosophies you hold (less government = better government?) but allowing government to control medical costs to some degree would be better than letting a corporation would it not? At the end of the day the government is accountable to the voter. The corporation is accountable to the shareholder.