In article k.net, L Smith
writes:

Aside from which, I could forge a license just as easily as as I could forge
a
certificate of insurance. No one checks validity except the dental insurance
companies you contract with. They verify it with the carrier.

I'm sorry, but this looks like your trying to make a circular
argument. It sounds like
your saying that the only people that check for your license are the
insurance companies,
and they only check with themselves.


Perhaps I was unclear.

Dental insurance companies are not the same companies that sell dental
professional liability insurance.

The dental insurance companies who enter into managed care agreements like PPO
plans wish to avoid secondary liability, so they require dentist who contract
with them to be insured for liability, and verify that coverage with the
liability insurers.

Aside from which, if licensing were eliminated, it would be to my advantage to
have proof of insurance on display and easily verified, just like home repair
companies include the fact that they are bonded in their advertising.

There just really isn't anything accomplished *for the public good* by
licensing that the private sector cannot do better. Licensing only serves to
restrain trade by preventing dentists from moving from one state to another to
follow demand. Florida is famous for that in the profession, getting a Florida
license is almost impossible if you are not from there. The Florida dentists
fear an influx of semi-retired older dentists coming to the state and flooding
the market, lowering fees. The result is that dentistry in FLorida is far more
expensive than unrestrained supply and demand would dictate. (Same thing for
Texas and Hawaii)


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Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG