The result was, of course, that today, tragically, more than 40 million Americans don't have health insurance, and for many, not having health insurance means they don't have access to good health care.

Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.

For many years I didn't have health insurance.

Individuals who cannot afford health insurance coverage can still have access to appropriate care provided by free health clinics. We are pleased to be able to fund better access to healthcare for the uninsured and underinsured and to help limit one of the cost drivers of premiums for the insured -- that is the use of hospitals for non-emergency care by the uninsured.

A rite of passage in America when you turn 50 and have good health insurance is a colonoscopy.

Most Americans want health insurance.