A Good Idea from California

Seriously. Lt. Gov. john Garamendi wants to combine college and medical school at the University of California's Merced campus, allowing students to earn an MD in five years instead of eight.

Even better would be a deregulation of health care, especially allowing physician assistants and nurse practitioners more independence and authority. But this isn's a bad idea at all. In fact, medical schools in many other countries oeprate on similar lines.

HT: Joanne Jacobs