Legalize Self-Employed Dental Hygenists

Matt Yglesias reports:

Despite the dental cartel’s effort to silence me with hired goons it remains the case that one of the craziest policy practices common in the United States of America is widespread rules against self-employed dental hygenists. The way this works is that both dental hygenists and dentists are licensed occupations. And they perform distinct functions. Given the nature of the work, it’s quite natural that some dental hygenists would be employed by dentists. But it’s also natural that some dental hygenists wouldn’t be so employed. After all, there’s a lot of demand for teeth cleaning as such. But in many states, it’s illegal for a hygenist to work unless she works for a dentist.

Matt Yglesias: a progressive who's pro-employment.