Health care regulator should stay the course

Health care regulator should stay the course

This week’s writers are former Gov. Jim Douglas and Lisa Ventriss, president emerita of the Vermont Business Roundtable. They are co-chairs of the VT Healthcare 911 Leadership Council. Vermont’s healthcare system is undergoing a seismic transition, engineered by legislators and regulators. The objectives are to significantly lower costs, preserve our rural hospitals and improve the quality of care. To give reform efforts the best chance of succe…