John, in many states, government planners, not patient needs, determine people’s access to quality health care.

When COVID-19 transitioned from pandemic to endemic, hospitals across the nation remained overrun with patients—especially children—suffering from additional viral respiratory illnesses such as RSV, influenza, and enterovirus. The surge of patients caused sustained shortages of hospital beds and medical-grade cribs. With hospital beds full, patients with other conditions, such as those seeking screening services or surgery, were forced to wait.

In many states, the number of hospital beds is regulated by certificate of need (“CON”) laws, which limit the supply of health care and hinder providers’ ability to respond to public health emergencies.

CON persists to protect incumbent care providers from competition by limiting the supply of health care at the patients’ expense.

Compared to states without CON laws, states with CON are associated with:

1) higher patient costs,

2) fewer medical facilities, and

3) poorer patient outcomes.

John, it’s outrageous.

How can we end the CON?

We need to start by driving awareness of the problems of this anti-competition, anti-new health care supply policy across the states.

My friends Kevin and Thomas at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation have just released what is the groundbreaking report on this issue, Permission to Care ([link removed] ) .

Permission to Care is a first-of-its-kind series of analyses of publicly available CON application data in several states, including Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. This report analyzes CON application data to measure the impact of certificate of need laws in each state.

John, read Permission to Care to learn more about how CON harms patients and providers and stifles health care innovation in each state. [link]

It’s critical info to have in order to advocate for lower health care costs!

Thanks,

- Charlie

Charlie Katebi

Senior Policy Analyst

Americans for Prosperity 

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