Medical regulations??

Question

Should the U.S. Federal Government delegate a regulatory role to the Department of Health and Human Services, which should draft national regulations and standards for alternative medical practices?

Answer 1

The wording of your question is puzzling. There's no constitutional mandate for the federal government to involve itself, and therefore, it's by definition as well as tradition a state function. There being no generally recognized comprehensive definition for "alternative medicine," though, you shouldn't expect regulation except in areas that have been found to be problematic.

Answer 2

No. Medicine is a resource that should be in the open market.
No regulations, no intervention.
If you want to get cheap Chung Ching medicine is your business. If you heal, good for you, if you die, it's your problem.

You want to be safe and I understand that. But the government can't be trusted to check it out for you and make your decisions. It has failed in the past and it will fail in the future.
From a principle perspective, you have to take responsibility for your life. Grow up from this childish socialist life.
From a practical perspective, the government has failed over and over and over again. Why put that responsibility in its hands? and one it fails, who's accountable for that? who has been accountable in the past? nobody. And the mess is clean up with your taxpayer money. How fair is this?

Government intervention creates poor social medicine, expensive private medicine and restrictions to make the choices for your life.
Today, you can't go and get a flu medicine from a shelf.

Answer 3

Mont states already do this.
In Pennsylvania,even a barber needs a license.and is subject to inspection by the board of health.

Answer 4

what do you mean by alternative medical practices? like acupuncture? or putting a pig heart in a human?