it is not just william mcgwire, the former head of united health, who several years ago accumulated stock options worth an estimated $1.6 billion, or cignac.e.o. who made more than $120 million in the last five years, it's not just them. it's the reality that c.e.o. compensation for the top seven health insurance companies now averages $14.2 million. 46 million americans have no health insurance, more are underinsured and we, apparently, have the money to pay exorbitant compensation packages to the heads of private health insurance companies. moving toward a national health insurance program, which provides cost-effective universal comprehensive and quality health care for all will not be easy. and that is an understatement. it will not be easy. the powerful special interests, the insurance companies, the drug companies, and the medical equipment suppliers, among others, will wage an all-out fight to make sure that we maintain the current system which enables them to make billions and billions of dollars every year in profits. in recent years these special interests have spent hundreds of