Submitted by GlobeOpinion t3_102af78 in massachusetts
husqofaman t1_j2s8whr wrote
There are a lot of disparities that people who live in an urban area have probably never considered. Like access to healthcare and other professional services. The state licensing boards could do a lot to incentivize professionals to provide services to rural communities instead of expecting residents of rural communities to be able to dedicate a day to travel to a population center. Or how about departments of public health which are administered on a local level. Meaning that many municipalities in MA have 1 nurse running the whole public health department. This was a huge issue during COVID and hasn’t really be resolved.
Victor_Korchnoi t1_j2t2kbx wrote
How do you want the licensing boards to incentivize doctors to work in rural areas? Allow doctors with lower board scores to only operate in rural areas?
husqofaman t1_j2u110o wrote
Those are some bad ideas you have. I would suggest discounted licensing fees for practitioners who serve rural communities, even part time. Or maybe limit the number of licenses given per county, but that seems unlikely.
Victor_Korchnoi t1_j2u564e wrote
My point was the licensing board doesn’t have that many levers it can pull to influence that. I don’t think the cost of licensing is a big enough incentive to change any doctors behavior
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