Let's get one thing clear, not a single Republican in either house of Congress will vote for any kind of Health Care reform bill even if it was only a slap on the wrist of the insurance companies; they just aren't and they are making themselves very clear on the matter.
First it was No on the Public Option and now they are even going to support the Co-Ops (that wouldn't work anyway) either.  So they should be marked as villains and marginalized in the context of what this all means for American families.
So why the hell doesn't Obama just say it clearly to the American people that he wanted a Universal program but in the spirit of unity and bipartisanship he tried to craft something that could have wide support from both parties and did everything he could to bend over backwards for the Republicans. With all of this only two things are clear; Republicans want to protect the insurance companies and Democrats want to protect the American People.  
The President should then outline that the cost of private insurance is greater for American families as well as businesses than Single Payer would be and that while you will be paying a bit more in taxes but it will be a large cut from what we are all paying for private insurance today.  They should also include a provision that the insurance benefits that our employers have been paying for us should be handed over to us employees as pay increases. This won't hurt or help employers and will certainly give the public a much needed boost.
The Right Wing has lost the right to participate in this debate and should be ignored no matter  how loudly the shout down poloticians and how angry fox news gets.  This is about leadership and principals and doing what is right.  Every member of Congress and Obama himself should be willing to loose the next round of elections in order to make Single Payer a reality.  The time is now and it's time to go "all in", Mr. President.

The issue here is very simple; unless we are talking about a single Co-Op that will have buying power approaching the buying power of the private companies than the only price difference for consumers will be the profit margins that the Co-Ops wouldn't be seeking. 

Republicans and apparently some Dems want to water this bill down so that it doesn't have much impact on consumers or the insurance companies either way but looks like they "did something" by creating several co-ops which will have little buying power and not make anywhere near enough of a dent in the cost of insurance to really be a game changer.