A recent study ranked Arkansas' health-care system 47th in the country--and dead last for health-care outcomes. There's currently a moratorium on increasing the number of mental health care beds and waiting lists for those beds.

As ridiculous as it seems, for almost half a century Arkansas law has mandated that the state restrict the supply of health care available to residents through Permit of Approval laws. 

Ryan's guest is Jaimie Cavanaugh,  an attorney with the Institute for Justice.  Author of the report Conning the Competition,  as part of IJ’s legislative team, Jaimie works to expand access to healthcare by ending certificate of need laws which are known as Permits of Approval in Arkansas.

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