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11 August 2023
Jaimie Cavanaugh, Attorney for the Institute for Justice, discusses the recently released report titled, “Striving for Better Care: A Review of Kentucky’s Certificate of Need Laws,” how the key takeaways apply in other states, and why doctors and patients (not government officials) should decide when and where care is needed.
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