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Bush administration recommends ending state approvals for hospital upgrades.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2004
Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 24--The Bush administration Friday recommended the elimination of state approvals for hospital construction and expansion, saying the process does not effectively control health-care costs and, in fact, poses "serious anti-competitive risks." In a much-anticipated report on health-care competition, the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Justice Department said so-called "certificate of need" laws should be reconsidered.
The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board implements the state's version of the law, certifying the need for hospital expansion and some equipment purchases. Eliminating the certificate of need law here would render obsolete a board that has been criticized as...
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