A surgeon’s challenge to make health care more affordable for his patients is another casualty of the coronavirus. But another surgeon has carried on the fight, suing to overturn the certificate of need laws that restrict the supply of health care in North Carolina. Surgeon Dr. Gajendra Singh sued to dismantle the CON laws that...
A surgeon’s lawsuit against state restrictions on medical equipment has fallen victim to an obscure procedural rule. Dr. Gajendra Singh of Winston-Salem wanted to provide his patients affordable MRI scans, but he can’t buy an MRI scanner without getting state permission under Certificate of Need laws. Singh challenged North Carolina’s CON laws as monopolistic and...
A surgeon fighting state restrictions on medical equipment lost a court battle Friday, Jan. 9, when Superior Court Judge Gregory McGuire dismissed his specific complaints and sent his broader constitutional challenge before a three-judge panel. Dr. Gajendra Singh can’t give his patients affordable MRI scans because Certificate of Need laws allow the state to decide...
Planning is essential in a capital-intensive field such as health care. But it shouldn’t be centralized in a state agency and coupled with the power to shove people around.
A doctor suing to overturn restrictions on patient care just won his first victory. Special Superior Court Judge Gregory McGuire on Wednesday, Nov. 20, rejected the state’s request to throw out Dr. Gajendra Singh’s case, allowing Singh to continue fighting the Certificate of Need regime as unconstitutional and monopolistic. None of Singh’s patients can get...
