Why don’t states threaten to revoke the certificates of need for hospitals that shutter their obstetrics departments?

I’m seeing hospitals in rural areas shutter their obstetrics/maternity departments because they are unprofitable. Why don’t states force them to remain open as a condition of the hospital maintaining its license?

https://ift.tt/6oDzir4 Submitted November 04, 2023 at 06:29AM by Strider755 https://ift.tt/oGhKfvZ