Do some online research about the current debate about the number of hospital beds in the US. Do we have too many, too few? How have things changed as a result of COVID? Roemer's Law, a widely cited principle in health care policy, states that hospital beds that are built tend to be used. This simple but powerful expression has been invoked to justify Certificate of Need regulation of hospital beds in an effort to contain health care costs Do More Hospital Beds Lead to Higher Hospitalization Rates? A Spatial Examination of Roemer's Law