Valerie Hood's Blog – February 2011 Archive (1)

Perhaps you have seen some of the many articles about the impact of for-profit schools on people and on taxpayers.  The New York Times just wrote another one recently.

Not that long ago, massage therapy was loosely regulated in most states.  Industry leaders, composed of massage school owners, the AMTA (American Massage Therapy Associates), COMTA (the school accrediting company) and NCBTMB (the testing company) joined forces to hire lobbyists to create regulations.  Essentially they…