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Abstract

While state medical licensure laws ostensibly are intended to promote worthwhile goals, such as the maintenance of high standards in health care delivery, this Article argues that these laws in practice are detrimental to consumers. The Article takes the position that licensure contributes to high medical care costs and stifles competition, innovation and consumer autonomy. It concludes that delicensure would expand the range of health services available to consumers and reduce patient dependency, and that these developments would tend to make medical practice more satisfying to consumers and providers of health care services.

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  • Subject
    • Consumer Protection Law

    • Economics

    • Health Law and Policy

    • Law and Economics

    • Law and Society

  • Journal title
    • American Journal of Law & Medicine

  • Volume
    • 9

  • Pagination
    • 335-356

  • Date submitted

    6 September 2022

  • Keywords