Is Certificate of Need the Answer to North Texas Healthcare Prices?
What if Texas began to limit the number of hospitals? Would it improve healthcare spending, or just reduce competition and hurt patients? This spring, Children’s Health and Cook Children’s Hospital both announced the construction of new hospitals in Prosper. After decades of serving the growth in Dallas and Fort Worth respectively, the two pediatric health systems both felt the need to build hospitals just a few miles from each other. It felt like a change in the era of children’s healthcare in North Texas, and crossing the line of demarcation. The northern suburbs are no stranger to new hospitals, with… Full Story