Comment on The baby MRI: shrinking tech to help save newborn livesparentComments−rsync9yWait - you mean if I start a private hospital, funded privately, owned privately, I might not be able to buy (whatever medical doo-dads I want) for that hospital ?−chiph9yYou might not even be able to open an emergency department or maternity ward if there is one "close enough" according to the state regulators.−paulddraper9ySo the solution to high medical costs is limiting the supply?I guess if it works for rent, it'll work for medicine. </s>−chiph9yIronically, the states without CON laws help those that do have them, by allowing increased sales and thus lowering the unit costs.
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Wait - you mean if I start a private hospital, funded privately, owned privately, I might not be able to buy (whatever medical doo-dads I want) for that hospital ?
You might not even be able to open an emergency department or maternity ward if there is one "close enough" according to the state regulators.
So the solution to high medical costs is limiting the supply?
I guess if it works for rent, it'll work for medicine. </s>
Ironically, the states without CON laws help those that do have them, by allowing increased sales and thus lowering the unit costs.