http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/01/the-dental-cartel/ An unbiased look at today's health care issues Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:42:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/01/the-dental-cartel/#comment-151223 PM, SN Thu, 01 May 2008 22:29:58 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=922#comment-151223 Sounds to me like this is similar to the AMA's push to take away nurse practitioner's ability to prescribe medications in some states, particularly in that it seems intended to preserve the artificial scarcity of services to keep costs high, rather than having anything to do with care outcomes. Sounds to me like this is similar to the AMA’s push to take away nurse practitioner’s ability to prescribe medications in some states, particularly in that it seems intended to preserve the artificial scarcity of services to keep costs high, rather than having anything to do with care outcomes.

]]> http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/05/01/the-dental-cartel/#comment-151219 Mike Thu, 01 May 2008 21:53:54 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=922#comment-151219 Note that the only way that the dentists can maintain their monopoly is through state action: laws. In a free market, it would be next to impossible for dentists (or interior designers, or otherwise) from maintaining the "licensure" monopoly. Note that the only way that the dentists can maintain their monopoly is through state action: laws. In a free market, it would be next to impossible for dentists (or interior designers, or otherwise) from maintaining the “licensure” monopoly.

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