COVID has taken back excessive regulations – let’s keep it that way

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You say that necessity is inventive, but it could also be the mother of deregulation. COVID-19 has caused widespread death and destruction, and our American recovery will be painful and protracted. One way to make this journey easier, however, is to keep the adjustments we made to ease onerous regulations for everyday life.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday on How to “Relax Calls To Repeal Regulations Under Covid (Hello, Cocktails To Go) … After state and local governments temporarily relaxed rules on take-away alcohol, telemedicine and other services, some want the regulations lifted for good.” become.”

Common sense seems to prevail in many areas – let’s hope it stays that way. The lighter side of this means you can keep your happy hour-in-a-box. Seriously, as someone who has personally benefited from better access to telemedicine, it’s great to see so many medical providers expand their services over the phone or video conferencing – and many would like to keep that infrastructure after the final end of COVID.

Another major health trend identified by the Journal is that “up to 40 states have recognized state licenses for doctors, nurses, psychologists, and other health professionals that allow them to provide cross-national care under certain conditions during the pandemic afford to”.

The IMF has long been committed to the dismantling of bureaucratic, transnational relocations – especially for the spouses of military personnel, for example. Now the COVID pandemic has directly confirmed how we can do this safely.

The journal quotes Governor Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, who said in his January state declaration address, “If an ordinance has to be suspended during a crisis, why is it there? , and can we live without them? “

What is interesting is the bipartisan appeal of this deregulatory trend:

“Deregulation has long been a central tenet among Republican politicians, but many of the coronavirus-inspired changes have received bipartisan support,” write Aaron Zitner and Julie Bykowicz of the Journal, quoting Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), “Who is? Leading Senate efforts to permanently expand Medicare telemedicine coverage. “

“’I’m a democrat. I am not instinctively against regulation. But I think this pandemic is a reminder that some regulations are from a bygone era and no longer make sense to anyone. ‘”

Sweetheart is right – we are living in a brave new era, and it is time our government moves with the times.

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