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WalterBright · 2024-03-10 · Original thread
P.S. The original reason for government medical certification of doctors was to push jewish and black doctors out of business.

See "Competition & Monopoly in Medical Care" by Frech https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Monopoly-Medical-Care-Fre...

Regulation is not always done in the best interests of the public. It's a blunt, and dangerous, weapon.

WalterBright · 2022-10-11 · Original thread
Sorry, copy/paste mistake with the url. Corrected:

https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Monopoly-Medical-Care-Fre...

WalterBright · 2022-04-28 · Original thread
> I am on a six month wait to see a rheumatologist. Why? Capitalism.

Consider that the AMA is a monopoly enshrined by the government, and their purpose is to limit the supply of doctors, which they do by limiting the seats in medical schools.

It's not capitalism.

See Competition & Monopoly in Medical Care by Frech.

https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Monopoly-Medical-Care-Fre...

WalterBright · 2017-09-30 · Original thread
The massive regulation and government interference in health care in the US has definitely resulted in companies gaming it for profit.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/how-ame...

https://www.amazon.com/Competition-Monopoly-Medical-Care-Fre...

https://www.amazon.com/Regulation-Pharmaceutical-Innovation-...

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