Govenrment regulation is only part of the problem (if you rely on the govenrment for welfare money, isn't that being regulated as well?). Forgive my using the same tired metaphor, but the aforementioned 16yr old G.W. kid? Which car is the teenager going to appreciate and care for more---one they were given, or one they had to work for? When something like this procedure that is so life-altering is tossed around like so much paperwork, it becomes ridiculous and wasteful.