Deregulate the limits on interstate insurance purchases and the multiple government mandates that restrict the kinds of insurance people can buy. That's step one. Oddly, the Democrats aren't even looking at this.

If you read the House Bill you might have noted that the only private insurance companies permitted to take on new customers will be part of an "exchange" that is heavily controlled by the government (with even more mandates than there are now).

Again, I refer you to the many Democratic leaders who have been quite open about the "public option" being just a step toward total government control, and they will do whatever it takes to make sure the private options can't compete effectively.

As far as things like UPS and private schools, both operate under heavy government restrictions on what they can do and how they can do it.