> Hearing aids are neither food nor drugs.

Do you really believe that the FDA needs to be renamed before it is reasonable for them to be the agency responsible for regulating medical devices? Is there a different agency you think would be a better fit?

The NIH?

That's purely a research organization, with no existing regulatory role.

Sure. But it would work if you're just looking at names, as it seemed OP was doing.

So FCA regulation of CPAP machines just gets in the way of people getting what they need?

How about Philips Respironics have to recall something like 15 million CPAP devices in 2021 because they contained foam liable to disintegrate and which the user would then inhale...

Yeah, if anything that showed we need more regulation and even more importantly a better justice system. They knew their devices were going to cause cancer and kill people, and they not only continued to sell their devices, but they went out of their way to try to hide the facts from the public so that they could continue to kill as many people as possible.

The people at Philips Respironics were/are literal serial killers. Their product has been linked to hundreds of deaths, but not one person spent even a single day in jail.

Eh, we need better regulation. Regulation proponents should distinguish between bullshit hoops that only the big boys can jump through vs targeted regulations that prevent this kind of thing from happening.

You're right. Regulations are critically important, but they're just tools and they can be used for evil or good depending on what they're doing and whose interests they serve.

While we’re at it, the FDA shouldn’t regulate pacemakers, glucose monitors, artificial hearts, cochlear implants, hip replacement joints, or any other kind of surgical implant.

None of them are either food or drugs, and so many people are prevented from getting what they need thanks to these arbitrary restrictions!

Hmmm, on second thought, I’m not sure allowing ali express implants to be marketed the same as rigourously tested implants, with clear evidence of safety and efficacy, is such a great idea.

Do you think having companies make defibrillators without any approval is a good idea? Those aren't food nor drugs either.

I’d prefer more oversight of things like CPP, preferably it would been before I spent years inhaling cancerous chemicals.

Same with pacemakers, joint replacements, insulin pumps, glucose test strips, heck even bloodletting razors and leeches. You should be able to just order them online from an Amazon reseller or pick them up down at the Quickie Mart and take the risk entirely on yourself, your dependents, or your co-conspirators without no gov't meddling from so-called experts.