>offer choice, allow people to shop around, and costs will go down, right? Just wanted to point out that tough medical licensing regimes actually make it quite

>offer choice, allow people to shop around, and costs will go down, right? Just wanted to point out that tough medical licensing regimes actually make it quite hard to shop around. This paper provides an interesting analysis: http://econjwatch.org/file_download/54/2004-08-svorny-reach_concl.pdf http://econjwatch.org/file_download/54/2004-08-svorny-reach_.... Or, for the short-of-time, a shorter, more biased summary: http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/25/american-medical-association-opinions-columnists-shikha-dalmia.html http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/25/american-medical-associatio...