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Contrary to what President Obama wants you believe, the problem with rising health care costs is not greedy doctors or insurance companies-it's something economists call third party purchases. And his reforms even with the public option will only make matters worse.
The current health insurance system actually is the result of big government restrictions. In 1942, with war-time wage and price freeze preventing employers from paying workers higher wages, FDR and organized labor invented a fix. Unions get the boss to pay for health insurance and the Wage & Price Board won't count it as a pay hike. This is...
Laus Deo
However, with a government run health care program you get the worst of both worlds: the third party purchase. The government will be buying something with money that is not theirs (therefore, they don't care about price) to buy something they will not personally consume (they are exempt, and, therefore, they aren't concerned a wit about quality).
What if we forced all elected officials to be a part of the health care package that they came up with for us. At least this would remove half of the "worst of both worlds" they still would not care what it cost but at least it would be coverage that was worth having. I would also be willing to bet that there would be a bipartisan rejection to this idea.