occupational licensing

Welcome to Part 3 of my “healthcare freedom” blog series this week. In this small series, I am reviewing a federal report on healthcare reform initiatives that the states can implement to encourage more freedom, competition, and choice into the health care sector.

This is the second part of a four-part “healthcare freedom” series I am blogging this week. As I said in Part 1, this week I am going to discuss four issues raised by a federal report on healthcare…

But North Carolina is caught in a public-choice trap with its occupational licensing system. Licensing reform is an issue that unites conservatives and liberals, the political Right, Left, and Center, but deep-pocket lobbies have so far been able to suppress attempts to restore people's fundamental civil right to earn a living as recognized in the State Constitution.

With Gov. Susana Martinez's October 3 Executive Order, New Mexico has now solidly joined the de-licensing revolution. Martinez's EO contains several provisions that should all sound familiar to JLF readers.

What if state law allowed North Carolinians to choose a service professional licensed in another state, if they provided evidence they knew going in that the professional wasn't licensed in North Carolina?

Once again, enforcing occupational licensing in North Carolina makes national news, and once again, it's embarrassing. Some common sense has returned, but the licensing board may still choose to issue sanctions.

How risky would be a funeral presided over by a lesser-licensed funeral director?

If you were a pet owner fleeing the flood and seeking somewhere safe for your pets, is this the outcome you would want?