Watching the last-minute machinations over legislative efforts to eliminate or at least curtail the Third Class medical requirement reminds me of arguments I used to have with my Dad when I was kid and wanted something forbidden. When all the logic a 10-year-old could summon seemed to be backing the old man into a canyon from whence there was no apparent escape, he would simply unsheathe the ultimate parental response to a wise-ass kid: Because I said so. Case closed.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/business-military/medical-reform-just-when-you-think-it-cant-get-any-worse