Riiiight...and private companies will be able to compete on this 'Exchange' with the 'public option' how exactly? The government doesn't have to show a profit...look at Amtrak and the USPS.
At the end of the day, private insurance companies will have fewer and fewer participants...until...poof...they're out of business.
That's not my quote, it's the quote of someone who doesn't understand the show.