Too Much Government Gets In The Way Of Healthcare

Another post the from Marginal Revolution RSS feed writer Tyler Cowen describes the mountain of paperwork healthcare providers must overcome to administer monkeypox treatment. Cowen is reading an article from the Washington Post.

One commenter says this is bogus because the vaccine supply is limited and the paperwork throttles demand. Another commenter says that is not true because there are 2 million doses available.

Don’t get me started on the FDA. How many people have died since it came into existence when the FDA delayed the use of medicine as it went through the bureaucratic approval process? A current example is sunscreen. Other countries have better sunscreen options than the US but the FDA is dragging its feet despite Congress telling them to approve them.

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