Imagine a state law that required supermarkets to get permission from the government to install a new freezer case or build a new store. Before they could proceed, managers would have to go hat-in-hand to a board consisting of political appointees, some of whom may even have ties to the store’s competitors. No reasonable person would regard this as a recipe for more competition, lower prices and higher quality. Indeed, the very idea sounds crazy. Yet that is the very regulatory regime imposed on all hospital and clinic expansions and technology acquisitions in Michigan. Welcome to the perverse world of health care Certificate of Need laws. If it sounds crazy for food markets, its no less so for health care. michigancapitolconfidential/19573
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:30:23 +0000
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