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In recent weeks, Alabama’s laws impacting the health care market were proven to be onerous and costly for taxpayers.

News watchers around the U.S. have likely seen the warnings: without certificate of need (CON) laws, hospitals will be forced to close their doors when for-profit organizations open and cherry pick commercially insured patients, leaving those in rural areas without care.

CON laws are associated with fewer rural hospitals and fewer ASCs, which drive up healthcare costs, limit patient access to needed services, and reduce quality of care.