The word about certificate-of-need laws is getting out, as evidenced by the following news clipping.

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Group seeks CON repeal

Policy Institute says rules keep health care prices high

Sunday, February 17, 2008

ANNA VELASCO

News staff writer

Michael Ciamarra knows the Alabama Policy Institute's mission to repeal the state's Certificate of Need law faces staunch and powerful opposition.

No matter. The nonprofit think tank he works for plans a campaign to abolish what it considers an outdated bureaucracy that unwisely stifles health care competition. This past week, the institute sent state lawmakers a recent report it sponsored calling for abolishing state Certificate of Need laws, which regulate construction and expansion of services at hospitals and nursing homes. The group plans to begin meeting with editorial boards at newspapers around Alabama this spring.

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