I beleive it is very important for the legislature of Virginia to consider CON reform. As an independent physician it is very diffucult to fight with this regulation as we seek to improve access, minimize travel and burden on our patients, and offer innovative treatment options. Coming from a non-CON state I saw patients who didn't have to wait days to weeks for procedures or tests, and where physician groups could offer a progressive practice environment to attract new physicians. The CON rules are unnecessarily restrictive to prohibit the free-market from driving down cost to comsumers so that large hospital corporations can control and profit from the illness of Virginians. It is discouraging to those of us who have committed our lives to serving our patients to see corporate greed put ahead of patient needs in the Commonwealth.