Freemarket makes sense

Gov. Mark Sanford recently stated in a recent commentary on school choice: "From day one, our administration has been focused on advancing ideas that are all about making South Carolina more competitive ... becoming more competitive means pushing for reforms that are consistent with market principles. ... "

Gov. Sanford should remain true to his economic philosophical stance and work to abolish our state's CON laws and promote free-market principles in health care. Market dynamics are far more reliable than the whim and fancy of a few Columbia bureaucrats.

It makes no sense to support an agency that does not meet its objectives. The state of our health-care system speaks for itself. It is time to rid ourselves of this biased, inefficient and "unAmerican" practice and allow free market principles to dictate behavior in the health-care industry.