A complicated swirl of factors dictates how expensive the United States’ healthcare system is today, and chief among them – according to legislators and healthcare officials advocating for their reform – are Certificate of Need (CON) laws.
A CON law prohibits healthcare providers from building certain medical facilities, developing new health services or acquiring certain medical equipment without approval from the state body that oversees CON applications.
Three healthcare providers are competing for CON approval for 225 acute care beds in New Hanover County…