re limiting govt was re employment was re why not concentrate pjs tijc uucp paul schmidt writes i want to know that i have a competent doctor when i am ill government regulations have driven up costs and decreased quality by providing a monopoly for licensed m d s many procedures could be performed by qualified nurses but doctors are forced to do them the common cold must be diagnosed by a licensed doctor who is the only one who is allowed to write a perscription doctor s are spending much of their time on such mundane cases that they cannot have the time to spend on the really tough cases this results in higher cost lower quality medical care here in georgia the state legislature in accidentally passed a law lobbied for by opthamologists prohibiting anyone but a licensed md from giving shots they were trying to limit optometrists from competing with them they inadvertantly forbade nurses emts dentists and tattoo artists from piercing the skin probably diabetics too the secretary of state s office announced on june th that they wouldn t enforce it pending reconsideration in the legislature in the hassle over the state flag i heard nothing about repealing it cutter gloster via mind org chris all jobs are easy to the person who doesn t have to do them holt s law
