HealthcareState HouseSenate Panel Advances ‘Certificate Of Need’ RepealWill “supermajority” in GOP House block this free market reform for another year? by FITSNewsJanuary 12, 2023April 1, 20234 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As they did last year, Republicans in the South Carolina Senate are moving quickly in 2023 to do awaYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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How about making a hospital get a “certificate of need” to overcharge patients?
Limited Government Advocates? CON is outdated, but the promised savings to the patient are just junk economics. According to a study by Forbes the most expensive states for healthcare have repealed CON and some of the lowest have CON.
Not true Jordan. Google Forbes on certificate of need, and you will find the complete opposite.
CON is barrier to patient access of care. Hospitals have a monopoly that is used to benefit them and not patients.