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On top of that the ACA prevents new physician owned hospitals from being established and placed restrictions on expansions of existing ones
by dnissley 1y ago
On top of that the ACA prevents new physician owned hospitals from being established and placed restrictions on expansions of existing ones
- estearum 1y agoTo be fair, this is because there's long-standing [but disputed] evidence that healthcare providers drive up costs/utilization when they can refer to hospitals they have equity stakes in. Messy business!
- MostlyStable 1y agoAre you talking about Certificates of Need? Those have been around for a lot longer than the ACA [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_need#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_need#History