Allow ASCs, Abolish Iowa's Certificate of Need (CON) Law

www.AbolishCON.com ___ Ed McIntosh Attorney representing Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids Iowa, in his own words, anouncing Iowa's position of denying Physician sponsored ASCs. ___ This law has helped increase the cost of outpatient procedures. Abolish CON laws now.
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In 1964, New York became the first state to enact a statute granting the state government power to determine whether there was a need for any new hospital or nursing home before it was approved for construction. Four years later the American Hospital Association expressed an interest in Certificate of Need laws. The AHA started a national campaign for states to generate their own CON laws. By 1975, 20 states had enacted CON laws; by 1978, 36 states had enacted them.
The 1974 federal Act required all 50 states to have a structures involving the submission of proposals and obtaining approval from a state health planning agency before beginning any major capital projects such as building expansions or ordering new high-tech devices. Many states implemented CON programs in part because of the incentive of receiving CON federal funds. Abolish, revoke, reverse, annul, cancel and Overturn the antiquated Iowa C.O.N. Law.

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