The age old battle of regulation of the free market vs regulation of the government. In this case, the certificate of need (CON) deal. The states con regulation stops the free market in hospital industry by saying that a doctor or hospital can not do or offer certain procedures unless their competitors say it is OK.
..."unless their competitors say it is OK."
ReplyDeleteSounds like the public charter school situation. Can only have them where the existing competitors allow - and then can only have the "customers" that they are willing to concede (in hopes the new charter will fail) and then only if the failing existing competitors "can afford" not to get that federal/state gravy that comes with those "customers".