Occupational Licensing

1. Massachusetts Question 1 would drive up healthcare costs and hurt nurses with no benefit to patients. 2. NJ looks to license pet groomers.  

Imagine this: a careless line cook at your favorite burger joint fails to follow basic food safety protocol and dozens of customers become sick. There is no state that requires [...]

Whether you’re a believer in Medicare For All (or some similar single-payer regime) or more consumer-driven healthcare, there’s little dispute that the costs of the U.S. healthcare system are far [...]

1. The benefits of Virginia's hair braider licensing deregulation. 2. How a free program can make legal services available to all.

A great many occupational licensing requirements don’t pass the giggle test. Do you really need permission from the state to be a florist, horse masseuse, or fortune teller? This month, [...]

Lawyers make for a perfect case study when examining the effects of occupational licensing within high-skill professions. They’re highly paid not only because they provide a valuable service to their [...]

1. Opioid bill would give buprenorphine prescribing power to PAs and NPs. 2. TX Veterinary board restricts ability to provide telemedicine.

Telemedicine, where doctors can meet with patients over the internet or phone instead of in person, is a promising innovation that can bring down the costs of healthcare in the [...]

Congress is good at two things, as the old joke goes: doing nothing and overreacting. While the opioid crisis certainly deserves the “crisis” designation, a number of proposals from Congress [...]

1. How natural disasters open the door for occupational licensing reform. 2. New research: greater scope-of-practice for nurse practitioners would be a boon to the U.S. healthcare system. 3. Federal [...]