Here's a different approach on how to fix the broken health care system. I ran across this idea on a local newspaper blog. Thought it seemed like a pretty good idea.

The Republican plan is to force everyone to purchase health insurance without a "public option". That will only reward the health insurance companies with more customers, tax credits, and higher premiums for all.

The new plan is to have ALL businesses, big and small, Mom and Pop and multinational corporate giant, announce that as of, say, Jan. 1, 2011, they are dropping all health insurance plans. Just dump them. The staggering loss of revenues will compel the insurance companies to go after all those millions of individuals who will be scrambling for coverage.

The fix has to be moving the present system from employer based to consumer based, akin to how auto and house insurance now works. maybe you business owners ought to consider that.

Angela F. Braly- president and chief executive officer for WellPoint Inc.    

2008 Earnings, 9.8 million dollars

Average family health insurance policy cost, $12,000.00.

Number of policy holders required to pay her salary, 816.