[mnau]

> In some ways, the gatekeeping of healthcare should be met with more resistance than repair an item that someone else made but you now own.

That is never the case. Humans are very risk averse and risk of broken product is infinitely smaller than risk of screwing up with your health.

That's how we ended up with the straightjacket system. Rachet goes only one way, there is a crisis (e.g. thalidomide in 70s, snake oil salesmen and so on), we rachet it up to ensure confidence.

The consequences of a single case of problem have a decade long consequences. E.g. baby formula was contamined in China (wiki "2008 Chinese milk scandal"), 300k were sick, six children died. Baby formula is not trusted even a decade and half later and imported stuff is used.