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To: LindyBill who wrote (348012)	2/9/2010 11:19:40 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793801

It's one more example of how America does not have a free market in health care. Established hospitals basically can say no to competition. The established hospitals are the folks with the best government connections, so when they say "This hospital isn't needed! It will duplicate services and raise costs!", regulators go along. President Nixon signed the CON law because he thought America had too many hospitals. He thought decreasing the number would lower health care costs. But that was ridiculous economics. Limiting the number of suppliers raises costs. Could this actually lie at the heart of why health care costs are so expensive here in the US? I'm going to have to read up on this... Hawk