The CON Laws
To be a part of healthcare system, it is very important to understand about different health policies and regulations. We have tons of laws and regulations to make a better and more affordable health care system, one of them called Certificate of need (CON) law. It is a very controversial law because some states have it but some states dropped this law years ago because they think it’s not affective at all. According to the Michigan officials, the CON legislation and application process is intended to balance cost, access and the quality of health care in Michigan by controlling the excessive construction of healthcare setting such as hospitals and nursing homes. Somehow this law is not working the way it was originally supposed …show more content…
In 1964, New York was the first state to endorse a statute granting the state government power to regulate whether there was a need for any new hospital or nursing home before it was permitted for construction. After four years, the American Hospital Association showed an interest in Certificate of Need laws; then AHA started a national campaign for states to develop their own CON legislation. This national campaign ran successfully and by 1975, 20 states had passed CON laws. After that in next three years more 36 states had endorsed the CON laws. By 1974 the federal Act required all 50 states to be the part of CON laws. (National Conference of State Legislators, …show more content…
Some kind of polices which truly regulate our healthcare system prices in term of procedures, treatments, surgeries and doctor’s fees instead of regulate the construction of new health care buildings such as hospitals and nursing homes. According to the Health News Reviews “An appendectomy ranges from an average of $1,030 in Argentina, to $5,509 in Chile, to an average of $13,003 in the U.S. Health care costs more in the United States to a large degree because doctors, hospitals, drug and medical device companies charge more” (Schwitzer, 2012). This quote reveals the fact by giving the example of appendectomy is a lot more expensive here than any other country in the world. Most importantly it’s not expensive here because we are doing better than others; its expensive here because of doctors, hospitals and drugs’ companies are charging way higher prices than any other country in the world. These escalating prices illustrated the government weakness on controlling and regulating the reasonable prices which could be more affordable for American government and their
To be a part of healthcare system, it is very important to understand about different health policies and regulations. We have tons of laws and regulations to make a better and more affordable health care system, one of them called Certificate of need (CON) law. It is a very controversial law because some states have it but some states dropped this law years ago because they think it’s not affective at all. According to the Michigan officials, the CON legislation and application process is intended to balance cost, access and the quality of health care in Michigan by controlling the excessive construction of healthcare setting such as hospitals and nursing homes. Somehow this law is not working the way it was originally supposed …show more content…
In 1964, New York was the first state to endorse a statute granting the state government power to regulate whether there was a need for any new hospital or nursing home before it was permitted for construction. After four years, the American Hospital Association showed an interest in Certificate of Need laws; then AHA started a national campaign for states to develop their own CON legislation. This national campaign ran successfully and by 1975, 20 states had passed CON laws. After that in next three years more 36 states had endorsed the CON laws. By 1974 the federal Act required all 50 states to be the part of CON laws. (National Conference of State Legislators, …show more content…
Some kind of polices which truly regulate our healthcare system prices in term of procedures, treatments, surgeries and doctor’s fees instead of regulate the construction of new health care buildings such as hospitals and nursing homes. According to the Health News Reviews “An appendectomy ranges from an average of $1,030 in Argentina, to $5,509 in Chile, to an average of $13,003 in the U.S. Health care costs more in the United States to a large degree because doctors, hospitals, drug and medical device companies charge more” (Schwitzer, 2012). This quote reveals the fact by giving the example of appendectomy is a lot more expensive here than any other country in the world. Most importantly it’s not expensive here because we are doing better than others; its expensive here because of doctors, hospitals and drugs’ companies are charging way higher prices than any other country in the world. These escalating prices illustrated the government weakness on controlling and regulating the reasonable prices which could be more affordable for American government and their