Four North Carolina health care facilities/operators want to compete to provide treatment for prostate cancer – competition that would drive down costs and stimulate innovation and research. But it won’t happen, thanks to state regulators who continue the misguided policy of intervening in the health care market. You’ll find the details in this Triangle Business Journal story.

You’ll find a concise Q&A with the John Locke Foundation’s Roy Cordato on the state’s certificate of need law (CON) here.