After SPIN! Video -"Should the healthcare CON law be repealed?"

Published December 31, 2019

After SPIN! "Question to John Hood and Chris Fitzsimon – A Winston-Salem surgeon wants to purchase a new MRI machine but can’t do so without approval of state regulators who have to issue a certificate of need license. There has been a longstanding effort to eliminate our Certificate of Need laws because proponents say it eliminates competition but both supporters and critics claim it raises costs to patients. Should this surgeon be allowed to purchase the MRI machine? Should CON be repealed?"