Dr. Roy Cordato, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and resident scholar, analyzes problems associated with North Carolina’s certificate-of-need laws governing medical facilities and services. Cordato offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 356).
JLF’s Roy Cordato discusses problems with North Carolina’s certificate-of-need laws
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