Chinese Railway Ministry Backs Off Price Hikes (Picture-1593855)

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CHONGQING, CHINA - JANUARY 14: (CHINA OUT) Passengers line up to buy train tickets at the ticket office of Chongqing Caiyuanba Railway Station January 14, 2007 in Chongqing Municipality, China. Railway Ministry spokesman Wang Yongping said on January 10 that train ticket prices will not go up during the Spring Festival season, also known as the 'chunyun' period, beginning in 2007, state media reported. According to the ministry, a daily average of 3.88 million passengers will travel over the railways during the 40-day 'chunyun' period from February 3 to March 14, 2007, which will see a total passenger flow of 156 million, up 4.3 percent from the previous year. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

WOODLAND HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 9: The Anthem Blue Cross headquarters is seen after the health insurer began informing its individual policyholders of rate hikes up to 39 percent to take effect at the beginning of March, on February 9, 2010 in Woodland Hills, California. Anthem Blue Cross, which has the highest number of individual customers in California, raised rates by as much as 68 percent in 2009. Health insurance companies in California can legally raise their rates at any time by as much and as they want. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

BERLIN - JANUARY 27: German Health Minister Philipp Roesler attends the weekly German government cabinet meeting on January 27, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Germany's public health insurance companies have announced hikes in their monthly fees to offset climbing costs, though critics are calling for a reduction of the companies' notoriously large bureaucracies instead. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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CHONGQING, CHINA - JANUARY 14: (CHINA OUT) Passengers line up to buy train tickets at the ticket office of Chongqing Caiyuanba Railway Station January 14, 2007 in Chongqing Municipality, China. Railway Ministry spokesman Wang Yongping said on January 10 that train ticket prices will not go up during the Spring Festival season, also known as the 'chunyun' period, beginning in 2007, state media reported. According to the ministry, a daily average of 3.88 million passengers will travel over the railways during the 40-day 'chunyun' period from February 3 to March 14, 2007, which will see a total passenger flow of 156 million, up 4.3 percent from the previous year. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

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