Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit January 21, 1986, 780, Docket 85-9031 (The Griffin Hospital v. The Commission on Hospitals and Health Care, Gardner Wright, Jr., Michael Fierri, and Nancy Watters)

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Determined to combat the rising tide of medical costs, the Connecticut legislature in 1984 enacted a comprehensive hospital regulatory scheme. Conn.Gen.Stat. §§ 19a-164 to 19a-165q. Pursuant to this plan, the Connecticut Commission on Hospitals and Health Care (the “Commission”) is empowered to impose ceilings on the gross revenues of hospitals.