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mheslep
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SteamKing said:I would like some examples of this practice, please.
The rules for new hospitals or medical facilities live under the euphemism of "Health Care Certificate-of-Need (CON) Laws".
From a NIHCR study
http://www.nihcr.org/CON_Laws.html#section8...member hospitals initially had mixed views about the benefits of CON but banded together to support the process after realizing it was a valuable tool to block new physician-owned facilities.
These laws are administered by government effectiveness boards that are specifically charged with preserving the profits of existing hospitals.
http://www.ij.org/vacon
CON at it again
Competition is the impediment to monopoly practice, but with CON in place upstart competition is ruled out, and we get the like of the "golden handshake" between two large MASS providers.
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