John Edwards speaks about his health care plan at a town hall meeting in Dubuque IA. He emphasizes choice, continuity of coverage, offering competing coverage from the government and subsidizing coverage for the poor and middle class Americans. I think health care should be a top issue in the campaign and am glad to see that Edwards is putting forth a comprehensive plan. However, I think it is past time to take the private insurance companies out and begin to limit the AMA's influence over medical costs.