[1010RD]

Which anti-trust laws would you apply and how did they make things better historically?

Also, what if a medical caregiver had to, by law (because fraud must always be illegal) (fraud defined here: http://definitions.uslegal.com/f/fraud/ so that we are discussing using like terms) had to declare whether they had gone to medical school, which medical school and whether they were licensed to practice in said state, would that be a good law?

[DannyTN]

I'd apply the law that said you couldn't price your service differently to different people. They made the HMO's and insurance companies immune to pricing related lawsuits. So the HMOs started sending out 70% off of normal pricing contracts. Providers in turn, raised their prices by 4x so that they could get a reasonable reimbursement rate and still participate in the insurance networks. Get rid of the provider's ability to charge the insurance company one thing and an uninsured person another. Then make the rates public.

Also, what if a medical caregiver had to, by law (because fraud must always be illegal) (fraud defined here: http://definitions.uslegal.com/f/fraud/ so that we are discussing using like terms) had to declare whether they had gone to medical school, which medical school and whether they were licensed to practice in said state, would that be a good law?

No. You didn't get rid of the licensing, so by implication you're proposing that they make that information available because they will now be competing against people who didn't go to school. That's not a good law because it allows people who are not qualified to hold themselves out as doctors. People who aren't qualified shouldn't be practicing medicine, period.