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This Week in Occupational Licensing, March 4th

by Eli Lehrer
March 6, 2020
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issues: Finance and Trade, Healthier Communities, Occupational Licensing, Thriving Families
originally published in Niskanen Center
From Niskanen Center:

Eli Lehrer, President of the R Street Institute, writes that greater progress in undoing burdensome occupational licensing might occur by expanding scope of practice under existing licenses. He points to the licenses home health aides currently must attain and suggests broader tasks could be made legal without costly additional training.

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