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From: act@pur-phy.UUCP (Tselis)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: The medical industry is not regulated?
Message-ID: <1635@pur-phy.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 16-Feb-85 19:33:47 EST
Article-I.D.: pur-phy.1635
Posted: Sat Feb 16 19:33:47 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 19-Feb-85 06:58:15 EST
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Reply-To: act@pur-phy.UUCP (Tselis)
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., IN
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Summary: 

In article <250@mhuxr.UUCP> mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON) writes:
>> : Andrew Koenig
>> 
>> I am not suggesting that the way to lower health care costs is to
>> deregulate the medical industry -- I am stating it outright.
>> 
>> The number of malpractice suits is clear evidence that the licensing
>> system does not prevent incompetents from practicing medicine.

I suspect that the author of this statement was being distracted while making
it, because it is nonsense as it stands.  One can just as easily say that
the very large number of people who believed that the earth was flat provided
strong evidence that this was so.  It is certainly true that there are   
incompetents who practice medicine.  The further suggestion that the author
makes concerning how letting anyone who wants to practice medicine to do so
without any special qualifications is somewhat beyond belief.  Why not let
a witchdoctor do brain surgery?  Of course, no hospital will provide a
witchdoctor with privileges, so the WD will have to remove glioblastoma
multiformes in his hut.  But this does provide more choice, and hence
better medical care.  Right?
-- 
A.C.Tselis 
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