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I bet the reason is that it's hard to become a vet and labor mobility is limited. We need to make it impossible for the government to regulate many things (not
by anovikov 2y ago
I bet the reason is that it's hard to become a vet and labor mobility is limited. We need to make it impossible for the government to regulate many things (not "remove regulation", but make it physically impossible in the future even if they wanted to). Maybe airlines need to step in to facilitate travel from many places to intentionally created hubs for certain kinds of cervices and Canada and Mexico: if someone can take a $400 ticket to a "city of dentists" or "city of vets" offshore where there are thousands of practices and fix their teeth for 5% of US price, there won't be a market for this kind of price gouging.
Or in fact, make it actual offshore. On converted container ships outside the territorial waters. Where regulation just does not apply.
- tomrod 2y agoI don't follow your line of thought.
- anovikov 2y agoPrivate equity isn't a problem, regulations that enable it are. As long as there is a potential to reintroduce it, they will be empowered because no one will build a business that can become illegal or unprofitable by decree - no one except someone with the most money because these will figure the way out at best (because people still need vets let's say), or because they will drive regulation, at worst. Only something that clearly puts the service provision outside of government's reach, will fix it.
- cwalv 2y agoThe real gouging is in emergency clinics. They're board certified specialists, and/or you need the service now. $400 plane tickets won't help.