Yes, licensure reform would certainly produce a lot of positive benefits. Why should say a massage therapist need anything more than a business license and maybe an occasional health inspection? The market can sort the good from the inept and a lot more people can get the benefits of the profession at a lower cost. Sounds simple.
Trying to explain the benefits to people and you get a blank stare. It’s remarkable how resistant to change people and institutions can be — even when the change promises to relieve an obvious problem and produce positive outcomes.
Yes, licensure reform would certainly produce a lot of positive benefits. Why should say a massage therapist need anything more than a business license and maybe an occasional health inspection? The market can sort the good from the inept and a lot more people can get the benefits of the profession at a lower cost. Sounds simple.
Trying to explain the benefits to people and you get a blank stare. It’s remarkable how resistant to change people and institutions can be — even when the change promises to relieve an obvious problem and produce positive outcomes.