Thomas Frist says he will immediately end doctor-hospital partnerships (and dismantle existing ones), tone down Columbia's high-pressure marketing tactics and limit the firm's expansion into communities where Columbia has met (and often steamrollered) local opposition.

ECONOMIST: American health care

Health and Human Services officials say competition among insurers, as well as provisions to limit their financial risk from attracting high-cost consumers, will exert downward pressure on premiums, and point to the tax subsidies that will limit many consumers' costs.

WSJ: Health Insurers Warn on Premiums

"Such increased usage has been compounded by an increase in the HGV weight limit to 44 tonnes and a move to super-single high-pressure tyres, which all adds to the damage caused to the bridge's road surfaces, " Mr Colford said.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Forth bridge dry-out starts 2007