The government made a rule of not interfering with the fledgling internet/web with sales taxes, not setting a bunch of rules that would be outdated by the time they hit the books, nor trying to pick winners and losers with laws favorable to some & penalizing others.

Sure there are base laws applicable to the internet as with elsewhere related to distribution of illegal material and protection of copyrights etc and some specific to the internet itself.

But on the whole the government has let what works work: ambitious individuals, companies and capital unleash some of the most incredible innovation and compete against each other freely.

Look at the level of quality, the amount of innovations that have taken place in just a few handful of years. The way people communicate has completely been transformed in a short amount of time.

Don't you think healthcare can be similarly transformed if burdens unleashed?

And yet Washington is talking about going the exact opposite route. Call it the Microsoft route if you will, ha. At least the Microsoft route before they joined the fray and started competing in this area.

There is talk of creating a government monopoly where a small group of "experts" decide costs and what drugs/procedures should get taxpayer $. And companies who don't play by those rules are not able to play. That's a monopoly.

Imagine if the gov did that for the internet? Ha. Can you imagine?

Other burdens like excessive litigation is another burden that stifles innovation.

You know the multimillion dollar RIAA lawsuits? Imagine that multiplied by a thousand. Imagine every small trial lawyer launching lawsuits against every 3rd internet site in existence? What would THAT do to innovation on the internet?

Monopolies stifle innovation.. Excessive burdens stifle innovation.