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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: The medical industry is not regulated?
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 17:30:24 EST
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>The claim that medical fees are not regulated is also false.  While
>the government does not set doctors' fees directly (yet), those fees
>are kept artificially high by government regulations that make it
>artificially difficult for people to become physicians.  Specifically,
>one needs a license to practice medicine.  In order to qualify for that
>license, you must go through a government-approved course of study.
>Since the people who determine the nature of that course of study
>are all license-holders themselves, they have a vested interest
>in making it as difficult as possible for others to obtain their
>licenses, so as to minimize competition.

You wouldn't make a claim like this if you had any connection with
an institution that trains physicians. And I don't mean that the
connection would automatically turn you into a liar, either.

For an eye-opening view of what it takes to train a physician, or
what it takes to be trained, find the issue of the Johns Hopkins
Magazine that featured the topic, about a year ago.
-- 

Martin Taylor
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