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New Bern eye surgeon bolsters state Supreme Court case against CON

The New Bern eye surgeon challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions for health care providers contends a recent state Supreme Court decision helps his cause. Lower courts have rejected Dr. Jay Singleton’s case. He is asking the state’s high court to reverse those decisions.

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Kinston condemnation ruling could affect state Supreme Court CON case

A recent state Supreme Court ruling in a lawsuit over Kinston’s property condemnation practices could have an impact on a separate case involving state health care regulation. The state Supreme Court issued an order Friday setting a 30-day deadline for new briefs in the case Singleton v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The case challenges North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law.

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Justices wrestle with New Bern eye surgeon’s CON challenge

North Carolina’s highest court will decide in the months ahead whether a New Bern eye surgeon can continue to pursue his lawsuit against the state’s certificate-of-need restrictions. Lawyers for the doctor and state regulators spent more than an hour Wednesday morning arguing the case before state Supreme Court justices.

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