Milton Friedman argued for abandoning state physician licensure to a bunch of doctors at the Mayo Clinic in 1978:
I can think of no benefit I receive nor that my patients receive by me being forced to pay a license fee every year to practice medicine. My patients gain nothing by having my state require physician licensure to declare me fit to offer medical advice.
If a patient wishes to obtain health care advice from a physician who has been professionally trained, or if they wish to obtain medical advice from their astrologist, they should have an equal opportunity to seek out such advice. Me paying the government for my right to give out advice is not a monopoly of the AMA. It'sa monopoly of the government.
I will gladly relinquish my requirement for state physician licensure and the associated yearly fees. Just tell me how to sign up.
I can think of no benefit I receive nor that my patients receive by me being forced to pay a license fee every year to practice medicine. My patients gain nothing by having my state require physician licensure to declare me fit to offer medical advice.
If a patient wishes to obtain health care advice from a physician who has been professionally trained, or if they wish to obtain medical advice from their astrologist, they should have an equal opportunity to seek out such advice. Me paying the government for my right to give out advice is not a monopoly of the AMA. It'sa monopoly of the government.
I will gladly relinquish my requirement for state physician licensure and the associated yearly fees. Just tell me how to sign up.
