{"id":26243,"date":"2023-05-08T16:31:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=26243"},"modified":"2023-05-08T16:48:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T20:48:39","slug":"south-carolina-moves-to-repeal-antiquated-certificate-of-need-laws-others-should-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/26243\/south-carolina-moves-to-repeal-antiquated-certificate-of-need-laws-others-should-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Moves to Repeal Certificate of Need Laws, Tennessee and Others Should Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South Carolina Legislature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyff4.com\/article\/lawmakers-vote-eliminate-certificate-of-need-changing-south-carolina-health-care-industry\/43797223\">voted<\/a> last week to repeal the state\u2019s Certificate of Need (CON) laws. The legislation, which immediately eliminates CON requirements for the majority of health care facilities and establishes a three-year CON \u201csunset\u201d period for existing hospitals, serves as a massive victory against unelected bureaucrats who have been unnecessarily empowered to block patients\u2019 access to new healthcare facilities and services.<\/p>\n<p>In Tennessee, similar\u00a0antiquated CON laws continue to stifle the free market, limit access to affordable health care choices and deprive communities across the state of critical jobs and investment. Tennessee\u2019s CON laws require health care providers in the state, even private ones, to receive government permission slips approved by unelected government bureaucrats prior to opening new facilities or offering new health care services.<\/p>\n<p>CFIF has been actively\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/56-health-care\/6243-cfif-launches-new-ads-calling-for-full-repeal-of-tennessees-certificate-of-need-laws\">advocating<\/a>\u00a0full repeal of Tennessee&#8217;s CON laws.<\/p>\n<p>The Beacon Center of Tennessee outlined the devastating impact CON laws have on the state in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beacontn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CON-Report-Final.pdf\">report<\/a> released earlier this year. Over the last twenty years, CON laws have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cost the state more than 60 additional hospitals \u2013 many in underserved or rural areas.<\/li>\n<li>Denied 5.5 million Tennesseans increased access to much-needed new health care services.<\/li>\n<li>Deprived local communities of $733 million dollars of direct investment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Florida, a conservative state that prioritizes free-market solutions and medical freedom, has experienced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/legal-regulatory-issues\/florida-sees-hospital-boom-after-dropping-certificate-of-need-rules.html\">rapid increase<\/a> in new health care facilities since repealing its Certificate of Need requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee should follow its Southern neighbors\u2019 example and eliminate its remaining CON laws during next year\u2019s legislative session. Doing so would remove burdensome and unnecessary government red tape that currently serves as a barrier to new health care choices, restore medical freedoms and increase access to affordable, high-quality health care for Tennesseans across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Carolina Legislature voted last week to repeal the state\u2019s Certificate of Need (CON) laws. The legislation, which immediately eliminates CON requirements for the majority of health care facilities and establishes a three-year CON \u201csunset\u201d period for existing hospitals, serves as a massive victory against unelected bureaucrats who have been unnecessarily empowered to block [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5210,5219,12],"class_list":["post-26243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-certificate-of-need","tag-con","tag-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26243"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26247,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26243\/revisions\/26247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}