Healthcare Favoritism
Currently in the US, 35 states and the District of Columbia prohibit entry or expansion of healthcare facilities through “certificate-of-need” (CON) programs. These laws, which require government permission before a facility can expand, offer a new service, or purchase certain pieces of equipment, were enacted in the belief that restricting entry would lower health care costs, increase availability of these services to the poor, and improve hospital quality.
These regulations were initially enacted under the theory that unregulated market competition would drive medical providers to overinvest in facilities and equipment, raising the cost of medical care. However, Mercatus research on certificate-of-need laws finds that these regulations do little to increase access to healthcare for the poor, but they do indeed succeed in limiting the supply of healthcare services and are associated with lower hospital quality relative to non-con states.
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Do Certificate-of-Need Laws Limit Spending?
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Certificate-of-Need Laws and North Carolina: Rural Health Care, Medical Imaging, and Access
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Certificate-of-Need Laws and Michigan: Rural Health Care, Medical Imaging, and Access
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Certificate of Need Laws Only Complicate Health Care and Stifle Competition
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The Impact of Certificate-of-Need Laws on Community Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
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Rural Virginians Pay Steep Price for failing Policy
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Impact of Certificate-of-Need Laws on the Provision of Medical Imaging Services
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Are Certificate-of-Need Laws Barriers to Entry? How They Affect Access to MRI, CT, and PET Scans
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Certifiably Needless Health-Care Meddling
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Certificate of Need Laws No Longer Needed
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Testimony on South Carolina's Certificate-of-Need Laws
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Certificate-of-Need Laws: Implications for Arkansas
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Latest work in Healthcare Favoritism
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Little-Known State Laws Are Hurting Patients and Making Hospitals Worse
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Do Certificate-of-Need Laws Limit Spending?
- | Housing Housing
- | Research Papers Research Papers
More Battles among Licensed Occupations
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Certificate-of-Need Laws and Hospital Quality
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The State of Certificate-of-Need Laws in 2016
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
40 Years of Certificate-of-Need Laws Across America
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Can Health Spending Be Reined In through Supply Constraints? An Evaluation of Certificate-of-Need Laws
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Certificate-of-Need Laws and North Carolina: Rural Health Care, Medical Imaging, and Access
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Certificate-of-Need Laws and Michigan: Rural Health Care, Medical Imaging, and Access
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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Certificate of Need Laws Only Complicate Health Care and Stifle Competition
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
The Impact of Certificate-of-Need Laws on Community Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Rural Virginians Pay Steep Price for failing Policy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Impact of Certificate-of-Need Laws on the Provision of Medical Imaging Services
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Are Certificate-of-Need Laws Barriers to Entry? How They Affect Access to MRI, CT, and PET Scans
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Certifiably Needless Health-Care Meddling
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Certificate of Need Laws No Longer Needed
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Testimony on South Carolina's Certificate-of-Need Laws
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Certificate-of-Need Laws: Implications for Arkansas
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs