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I used to work for a company that gathered data about doctor's licenses and sanctions. All 50 States do it a little different and I helped with scraping some of
by Buttons840 2y ago
I used to work for a company that gathered data about doctor's licenses and sanctions. All 50 States do it a little different and I helped with scraping some of the data. Sometimes we would have to buy the lists of sanctioned doctors--think about that, a State putting the list of board sanctioned doctors behind a paywall.
So, while every real estate agent has cheap and instant access to all this data, the public is behind a paywall to see which doctors have been sanctioned. Where did we go wrong?
- xethos 2y agoA lack of trust in government, a belief all government services should pay for themselves, a lack of anti-trust enforcement, a lack of regulation on abusive and overly-capitalistic companies, I could go on, but the list is basically what the average American seems to chide the EU for
- wakawaka28 2y agoGovernment services don't necessarily need to pay for themselves but they do need to be justified and paid for. "I want that" is not adequate justification and "any cost is acceptable, just take it from the rich or the businesses" is not an adequate payment scheme.