More bad news in Arizona.
One area of the U.S. economy that has long been almost completely corporativized (regulated by the government) is dental services. Dental services in the U.S. are monopolized by an organization called the American Dental Association, which has been successful in having licensing laws passed in all the state legislatures. These laws have had the effect of restricting supply of dental services, thus boosting price.
Recently, some legislators tried to introduce a bill to the Arizona state legislature that would have permitted dental therapists to offer some services that presently only dentists are legally allowed to offer. Their position was that the high price of dental services results in many people being unable to afford them and that the licensing of dental therapists would alleviate this problem.
Unfortunately, the House Appropriations Committee of Reference voted 8-1 against the bill. The sole yea voter was Nancy Barto (R-Phoenix). Aside from Regina Cobb (R-Kingman), who is actually a dentist, the names of the other nay voters are unknown.
No comments:
Post a Comment
All comments are moderated. The blogger reserves the right not to publish a comment if it is mindlessly repetitive, uninformative, uses bad language, engages in ad hominem, or for any other reason.