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Certificate of Need CON: A tangled web of bureaucracy, clout, and backroom deals


Carolina Journal reports:
A coal miners’ son. A powerful attorney. A defeated surgeon. Two college sweethearts.  
All of them became caught up in a powerful system known as Certificate of Need. Certificate of Need laws give the state control of medical resources. Twenty-five people, an advisory board appointed by the governor, oversee the supply of hospital beds, medical equipment, and a host of other resources.  
In theory, the system is supposed to guard patients’ access to health care.  
But the system offers a wealth of opportunities to crush unwanted competition and hamstring smaller doctors’ practices. Under CON laws, incumbent providers can take their competitors to court and force them to bleed money for months, years, or even decades.   ....

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