Continuing on from last week’s column on the certificate of need repeal drum beats, Gov. Patrick Morrisey added new appointees to a board that makes decisions regarding certificate of need applications submitted by current and potential health care providers for new services.

Last Tuesday, Morrisey appointed former lawmaker Heather Glasko-Tully, former West Virginia Republican Party chairman Doug McKinney, and former Attorney General staffer Robert Cheren to the state Health Care Authority.

According to State Code, the Health Care Authority – created by the Legislature in 1983 – has several responsibilities, including “approving or disapproving plans for the development of new health care services, major construction or renovations of health care facilities and the acquisition of major m

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