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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Gene GeRue wrote:

> . . . and yet there is serious need for care improvement and
> responsibility for mistakes. I find it impossible to find persuasive
> facts for or against regulation by government or private industry. I
> just know it is presently a bad situation and needing vast
> improvement. I have no reason to believe that the medical industry
> would do a better job.

And, btw, only about nineteen percent of practicing physicians belong  
to the AMA. So, without government regulation, most doctors would be  
essentially free to be outstanding, good, mediocre, or bad at their  
jobs, having no one at all to regulate or control them save insurance  
companies' rates. And high insurance costs have caused super high  
medical costs so many areas are simply not served by high-risk  
specialties like neurosurgeons.

James, you have made fair but disparaging remarks about the National  
Association of Realtors. Without government testing and licensing,  
would you put the NRA in charge?

Yes, these regulatory agencies are not the big-ticket items of our  
government budget. But without them, yet more citizens would be at the  
mercy of unethical and incompetent practitioners.

My point is that getting rid of government is not the panacea that  
libertarians tout.