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The New Bern eye surgeon challenging North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law in court hopes the N.C. Supreme Court’s decision in another case will help his cause. Dr. Jay Singleton is focusing on the high court's decision to take up a lawsuit involving Ace Speedway.

Regulatory compliance, medical billing and monopolies made by certificate of need laws have hindered independent doctors from opening and expanding their practices, leading to decreased competition, higher costs and lack of choice for patients.

Lawmakers have a chance to end state's CON game

A vote for Senate Bill 48 could end ongoing legal disputes about a regulation that stifles health care competition.

California, Texas and 10 other states—covering 40% of the U.S. population—already have fired their CON boards with good results.

The N.C. Supreme Court can clear up legal confusion about the state’s certificate-of-need law if it takes up a New Bern eye surgeon’s case. That’s the key argument in a new brief filed Wednesday.

An eye surgeon in New Bern is asking the N.C. Supreme Court to take up his challenge against the state’s certificate-of-need law. He argues CON restrictions violate his state constitutional rights. Dr. Jay Singleton’s latest appeal follows the N.C. Court of Appeals’ unanimous June 21 decision dismissing his case. The John Locke Foundation, which oversees

The latest chapter in N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell’s feud with state hospitals involves a new friend-of-the-court brief at the state Supreme Court. Folwell supports a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge of state certificate-of-need restrictions.

A New Bern eye doctor lost a lawsuit last week that he filed against the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

A unanimous N.C. Court of Appeals panel has dismissed a New Bern eye surgeon’s challenge against the state’s certificate-of-need restrictions. Yet Judge John Tyson’s written opinion highlighted problems associated with the state's CON process.