This graphic showing the stock gains made by six health insurance companies after President Obama’s healthcare speech is interesting fuel for contemplation. What is it that has attracted investors’ interest?

• The possibility that health insurers are moving toward becoming another category of government-backed business?
• The possibility that consumers will rush to acquire plans that will be grandfathered into the healthcare “reform” (if only for a few years)?
• The likelihood that the Democrats’ plan will accomplish nothing so effectively as preserving the dominance of a handful of leading corporations