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A New Bern eye surgeon challenges a law that costs his patients time and money.

Reforms enacted in Tennessee and North Carolina are often held up as models for South Carolina lawmakers to emulate. That dynamic, however, has reversed in one area.

A New Bern eye surgeon challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law tackled the state’s arguments in defense of CON in a new court filing Monday. The state Supreme Court will consider the case in the months ahead.

“There was a Black community on the east side, a Black community on the south side,” said Richard Duncan, who lived in the neighborhood when he was younger and is considered a historian by many who know Center Street. “But everyone came to Center Street.”

A New Bern eye surgeon challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law tackled the state’s arguments in defense of CON in a new court filing Monday. The state Supreme Court will consider

Stay informed on the court cases in the healthcare industry since Jan. 25. From fraud schemes to noncompete agreements, get the updates you may have missed.

Lawyers from the state Department of Justice urge North Carolina’s highest court to reject a legal challenge to the state’s certificate-of-need law. The high court agreed last year to hear a New Bern eye surgeon’s lawsuit targeting CON restrictions.

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a New Bern eye surgeon's legal challenge against North Carolina's certificate-of-need law.

The John Locke Foundation is supporting a New Bern eye surgeon’s legal fight against state regulations that block him from performing procedures in his own building. The state Supreme Court

The John Locke Foundation is supporting a New Bern eye surgeon’s legal fight against state regulations that block him from performing procedures in his own building. The state Supreme Court has agreed to take up Dr. Jay Singleton’s case against North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law in the months ahead.