Iowa: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled Iowa’s CON law did not violate the 14th Amendment, upholding a lower court’s opinion April 17. The ruling could be challenged in a higher ...
State representatives in Tennessee affirmed their support of a repeal of the state’s certificate-of-need law, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Jan. 12 Tennessee has had plans to repeal the 40 ...
Cleveland Clinic Florida CEO Wael Barsoum, MD, says removing the artificial barrier to competition will improve access to care and lower costs. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed a repeal of ...
Certificate-of-need laws require healthcare providers to get approval from state regulators before expanding facilities or investing in technology. New York became the first state to enact a CON law ...
Kentucky’s certificate of need laws are costing the state healthcare dollars. Bigstock A new Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) report finds that Kentucky has denied itself and its citizens ...
States are rolling back Certificate of Need, or CON, laws in the face of growing demand for healthcare and mounting evidence that they might not lower spending. CON laws often require providers to get ...
A post for non-lawyers who'd like a more detailed understanding of the legal issues in COPA ... The Supreme Court has held that "the First Amendment generally prevents government from proscribing ...