Guest column: Repealing outmoded law could benefit patients, providers, community
The Tennessee General Assembly needs to overturn Certificate of Need laws, argues Ron Kirkland. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
Ron Kirkland
Kirkland is a West Tennessee physician and former president of the Tennessee Medical Association.
Opinion: The need for access to health care services is clearly expanding and layers of red tape preventing facilities from opening only harm the state’s ability to meet that need.
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