Insurance companies cannot take more than 20% for their share (if I remember right).  So they are not the primary culprit in the cost of medicine.  80+% going to health care providers.  It is not surprising that Mr. Silber, part of the health care provider system, blames the insurance companies since it would not do to focus attention on the areas he profited from.  Single-payer universal heath care with strong cost control on medical providers is the way to go combined with subsidized tuition for medical, nursing, dental schools.

The portrayal of health care as a right is meaningless.  We should provide universal single-payer health care to all because it is a good thing to do.