North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law leads to artificially high health care costs as it limits competition for the provision of health care services. Yet Republicans who tout free-market policies have done little to reform CON since taking over the General Assembly and the governor’s office.
Dr. Richard Bruch, an orthopedic surgeon and past president of the N.C. Medical Society, made the case for CON reform during a presentation today to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. Bruch cited specific CON cases involving his independent physician practice, Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, and the N.C. Specialty Hospital in Durham.
In the video clip below, Bruch outlines key objections to CON reform.
2:15 p.m. update: Click play below to watch the full 48:01 event.
You’ll find other John Locke Foundation video presentations here.
