state + local

So let me get this straight--->Gov dayton thinks its fine to put closer scrutiny on doctors, but he vetoes a bill making teachers more accountable. Hmmmm, which group has the union and union $$$$$$ with their endless ads every evening. It cannot be overstated: worst. governor. ever. Well, patients came out OK, but not students.

goferfanz--The only problem with your argument was that there was no bill that would make teachers more accountable. The bill that you are referring to was about school board budgets when cuts are made. Funny that you insinuate, that because doctors are not part of a union, that they should not be held more accountable.

I certainly would want to know if the Doctor that was about to perform surgery on me had botched the surgery several times before he/she was to start cutting me up! This would enable me to decide to either question the Doctor about the bad surgeries or seek an opinion from another doctor.

While posturing to "protect the public" most of these state licensing boards exist more to protect the practitioner and are beholding to their respective professional associations. And under the pretense of licensing 'qualified' individuals, they actually serve to squelch competition and innovation and keep their respective "old boy/girl" cronies from being pushed aside.

Sounds like an improvement. One of the big problems in health care in the US is the cult-like atmosphere that surrounds physicians. We treat doctors like they are all geniuses and pay them accordingly, when the fact is that some of them are probably not much smarter than the patients they are treating. This is not a knock against US physicians - they are only human. The problem is all the money that surrounds them which causes expectations to be unreasonably high on the part of their patients. I think the more average people know about the doctors and hospitals that treat them, the better chance we have of getting costs under control.

Did it say in the article how much my insurance will go up?

@goferfanz - It's called good judgment.

Thank you, Strib reporters, for bringing the long-standing problems with the old boys network otherwise known as the Board of Medical Practice to light. Sunshine is a great disinfectant!

No marty, it's about union members not being accountable to anybody. When cuts come, the deadbeats never get the boot in the school system. And thank you, ginny, I agree that I have good judgement, too-- why anybody would support this silverspooner who keeps his wealth buried in another state is truly a mystery. Yet, it proves that Tom Dooher's union money talks, and Dayton listens intently! At least with doctors--life expectancies still go up, up, up, too bad school scores arent doing the same. Hey, maybe there is something to accountability!

Awesome news. EVERYONE should be scrutinized and accountable. Checks and balances improves quality and reduces or stops corruption. This will ultimately reduce costs.