Insurance Industry Blocks Health Care Reform

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly made clear that the obstacle to providing health care for all Americans is the insurance industry itself.

Insurance companies have lobbied heavily to maintain the status quo, and deny health coverage for the majority of Americans, simply because it is hugely profitable to do so.

Insurance industry executives claim that the current system is the best despite the fact that health care is non-existent for most Americans. In essence, the industry would rather see most Americans in poor health in order to bolster the profits of insurance giants.

Pelosi is waging a war against the insurance industry and attempting to inform the American public of who the “real villains” are in the process of introducing public health care reform.
Pelosi stated that, “The current system works so well for insurers that they don't even want subsidies. They've had a good thing going for a long time at the expense of the American people and the health of our country," she said, adding that it will be tough to keep them from getting their way. "This is the fight of our lives."

"I am for the strongest possible public option," Pelosi said. The Senate health committee bill "is one that I think would be okay. It's not my preference. My preference is a stronger bill. But it meets the test of having an effective public option."

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