Link: http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/values-of-health-care-stocks-increase-fearlessly-as-public-option-is-dead-by-dennis-kucinich/

"Once the bill becomes law, insurance companies will gain at least 26 million new customers and as much as $50 billion in new annual revenue from private-pay and from government subsidies as people will be required by law to purchase private insurance. While certain expenses are capped in the bill, it appears that premium costs are not." Global Research: Health Care Profiteers: A Billion-Dollar Lobby: The favorite senator of the health insurance lobby, Independent Democrat Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, was not coincidentally the key player in ditching the public option, as he threatened to join the Republican filibuster and kill the overall legislation if the public option was not withdrawn.