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Key Findings 1. In the 1960s and 70s states and the federal government imposed Certificate of Need (CON) laws to limit the number of hospital beds. 2. The purpose of the restrictive laws was to try to use central planning to make health care more affordable. 3. By the early 1980s it was clear the idea didn’t work, and the federal government and many states repealed their CON laws. 4. In 2020 the onset of the COVID health crisis led states, including Alaska, to suspend their CON laws to make sure enough hospital beds were available to patients. 5. In 2021 Alaska Senate Bill 26 was introduced...

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The 2021 WWD Young Pros value industry advocacy & making their work visible. Water & Wastes Digest annually highlights 10 inspirational people under the age for 40 who are leaders, drivers, influencers and advocates for the industry. The 2021 WWD Young Pros are no different, and nearly all of them shared a similar response to questions about their biggest lessons and how their generation would influence the industry. First, the biggest lesson for many of the 2021 WWD Young Pros was reckoning with the current state of water infrastructure in the U.S. and how it is so disconnected from the peop...

On March 30, 2020 Washington state officials suspended the CON for long term care facilities. This is only one of many individual CON laws that remain in Washington state. Without any CON requirements, the state also set up non-hospital facilities, such as Century Link Field Event Center, to handle any overflow from traditional hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. (here) When a perceived need exists, elected officials are willing to exempt CON laws. This session, the Washington State Legislature has unanimously passed SB 5236 which extends the expiration date of certain CON exemptions for ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, the National Wildlife Federation’s Tracy Stone-Manning praised five bills that would reform and modernize the federal oil and gas leasing system, update methane regulations and restore balanced management to our nation’s public lands so that wildlife and local communities will thrive for generations to come. “The system is broken and the bills considered today will go a long way to fixing critical, common-sense needs: safeguarding our cle...