As an example, the government, the insurance industry and the doctors do not care if I'm sick if I get better and show up to work tomorrow.

FORBES: Magazine Article

What this decree of the Affordable Care Act will do, and is designed to do, is completely distort the entire insurance industry by rendering painstaking risk calculations irrelevant.

FORBES: If Insurance Companies Can't Utilize Pre-Existing Conditions, Then They're Not In The Insurance Business

"If all we do as an insurance industry is focus on the affluent, then I think we can lose sight of the original tenets of life insurance, " said Mark Hug, a Prudential executive.

WSJ: Shift to Wealthier Clientele Puts Life Insurers in a Bind

This is not to say that the uninsured are the only issue with healthcare, but their non-participation in the health insurance industry affects those who do buy insurance in a more complex manner than in other industries.

FORBES: The Economics of the Mandate Don't Matter: It's Constitutional

They think that our economy will do better if we just let the banks or the oil companies or the insurance industry make their own rules.

WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall Meeting on the Economy

Another foundation stone is fixing a health insurance system that works better for insurance industry than it does for the American people. (Applause.) I do not quit.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds a Town Hall in New Hampshire