> and blocked low cost medical imaging

That's not a very accurate description of the situation.

> this is the same state

Approximately 30 states have the same law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_need singling out this one isn't fair, not is it a reasonable way to make your point. Putting out cherry picked info without context is the kind of thing we accuse media of doing to generate clicks - you don't need clicks.