Small Regulatory Reforms That Can Help People During the COVID PandemicMar 18, 2020
While the federal and state governments figure out the appropriate way to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, there are plenty of narrow regulatory reforms they can implement to help people deal with the fallout. This is not to say that regulatory reform is the only solution, but it can be helpful as people struggle to access medical care and food.
All of these are common-sense proposals. While we definitely need government action in some areas to help fight this virus, there are many areas where we would be best served if government would get out of the way and let those with critical skills and jobs do what they do best without getting bogged down in red tape.
Superbrief summary of the bullet points presented:
- Short-Term Solutions
- Enable more testing
- Enable medical professionals to work across state lines and ease telehealth restrictions
- Expand medical professionals' scope of practice
- Waive regulations prohibiting alcohol trucks from delivering to grocery stores
- Easy restrictions on feeding the hungry
- Pause, then end any regulations that prevent people from working from home
- Extend drivers licenses so people don't have to go to the DMV
- Suspend parking hours limits, overnight parking rules and street sweeping restrictions
- Long-Term Solutions
- Certificate-of-need law reform
- Make licenses transfer easily and quickly across state lines
- Stop suspending occupational licenses when professionals fall behind on student loans
- Transfer more federal state and local agency risk to the global insurance, reinsurance and capital markets
Read the rest of the article for the details, including explanations of why these existing laws are hampering our ability to get through this crisis.
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