May 24, 2012 11:04AM 

# CNN Video: How Government Blocks Health Care Access for the Poor 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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[Remote Area Medical](http://www.ramusa.org/)’s Stan Brock, who spoke at the Cato Institute’s 2012 State Health Policy Summit, [explains](http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2012/04/06/cnn-heroes-brock-extra.cnn):

The culprit is state medical licensing laws. For more, read Cato adjunct scholar [Shirley Svorny](https://www.cato.org/people/shirley-svorny).

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