Rob Roper: Repeal Vermont’s certificate of need laws

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Robert Roper, the president of the Ethan AllenInstitute. He lives in Stowe.
Kevin Mullin, chairman of the Green Mountain Care Board, appeared on the WDEV radio program “Open Mike” (Oct. 11) to discuss certificate of need laws in the wake of a controversy regarding Copley Hospital and its highly successful orthopedic surgery center. Copley is, apparently, generating too much revenue as the result of being highly efficient, performing more sur