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From Wikipedia: A number of factors spurred states to require certificates of need in the health care industry. Chief among these was the concern that the const
by rokhayakebe 12y ago
From Wikipedia: A number of factors spurred states to require certificates of need in the health care industry. Chief among these was the concern that the construction of excess hospital capacity would cause competitors in an oversaturated field to cover the costs of a diluted patient pool by over-charging, or by convincing patients to accept hospitalization unnecessarily
It seems this bill did exactly the opposite of what it intended to.
- glenra 12y agoI'm pretty sure it was intended to do just what it did do - protect entrenched interests. But I agree that it did the opposite of the claimed intention. Which is often the case for legislation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleggers_and_Baptists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleggers_and_Baptists The real question is, who were the "baptists" in this coalition? Were there any non-doctors who honestly believed having too much capacity would make prices go up? And if there were, where did these people learn economics? :-)