If you want cheaper healthcare: 1. Reduce the educational requirement to become a doctor (i.e. increase supply and price will come down). 2. Prohibit malpractice claims (malpractice insurance makes going to the doctor and hospital more expensive)(another bad idea!) 3. Lower the standards hospitals are required to meet (possibly introducing a star-rating system -similar to hotels - you will get what you pay for). 4. And finally accept mortality...accepting a slightly higher risk of dying should reduce your costs.

Which, of course, will simply screw the consumer. In my country, pharma price controls were implemented a few years ago...from manufacturer all the way down to retail. Small pharmacies and pharmacies in smaller and / or poorer areas closed down. The corporate chains stepped in. Good luck to anyone who has an emergency after hours, or who would prefer to be serviced by a qualified pharmacist (as opposed to an assistant), or who needs an expensive drug (with loss-making margins...will not be stocked). In a similar move my government thought that it would be a good idea to increase the regulation of medical insurers particularly the manner in which they priced risk...premiums increased and benefits / cover went down. In the face of price control industry either cuts costs to maintain profits or redeploys capital to other industries / countries. Price controls in the USA would be a great think for the rest of us!

If I go to a public park and start loading the benches and playground equipment into my truck, I will be arrested because taking something out of the public domain and trying to make it private property is basically theft. The same should apply to people / companies who try to steal words. PS I like the letter "M", from now on I think that everyone should pay me a license fee to use it...

This website is a haven for the anti-stupid...you might have your membership revoked for spelling "anti-semetic" wrong! There seems to be an entire herd of people who believe that criticizing Israel or an Israeli is anti-semitic (Check on Google - lots of debate).

I wonder if she represented herself ...

Authenticity...huhh...try invisibility. Facebook is blocked by many organisations...when I am at the office not only can I not comment, I cannot even see any comments! They are authentically not there. I will will be voting with my keyboard...no more comments for Techcrunch.

Actually, 15 million people CHOSE to do without Flash by buying Apple's products...they could have used something else.

Google is a search engine. This requires that content be ranked. Ranking content is not censorship.

People who play in walled gardens shouldn't complain about the walls...

What makes this case even more ridiculous is that the staff in question were SECURITY staff!