...ita June 1983 Annual Meeting: RESOLVED, that the American Medical Association continue to seek repeal of the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974, PL 93-641, aa amended, and until the act la repealed, to seek e legislative amendment to remove or delay those...

...concern about the growth in the number of hospital beds, services, and costly technology led to passage of the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-641). The act required hospitals to obtain a certificate-of-need (CON) for capital expenditures on physical...

...problems. Government willingness to accept responsibility for dealing with the problems is evidenced by the enactment of the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-641). Despite general support for this and other pieces of legislation that specify some form of central...