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VTDigger In a presentation to the Green Mountain Care Board, the consultant called for an urgent — if not yet specific — transformation of the state’s hospital and broader health care system. By Peter D’Auria  Bruce Hamory, a medical doctor and consultant with the firm Oliver Wyman, had one key message for state officials on […]

The Montpelier Bridge Adults in central Vermont may wait months to see a primary care provider — and still they’re better off than people in many other regions. Local primary care clinics are scheduling new adult patients into late summer, autumn, and well beyond. Some are no longer adding names to their waitlists. “Desperately looking […]

VTDigger by Peter D’Auria  On Tuesday, many Vermont voters will weigh in on school budgets that have grown by the largest margins in recent history. The reasons for that growth include rising costs for special education, vanishing Covid-19 pandemic aid, deteriorating school buildings and increased expenses related to student mental health. Another reason is likely […]

VTDigger One key piece of the legislation currently remains intact: a provision that would help low-income Vermonters afford Medicare coverage. by Peter D’Auria Lawmakers watered down a sweeping health care bill last week, replacing a provision that would expand access to Medicaid for many Vermonters with a study. As initially written, the bill, H.721, would […]

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Vermont Public Vermont Public | By Peter Hirschfeld A coalition of House lawmakers is trying to reignite political momentum for a universal health care system in Vermont. The decades-long push for single-payer health care in Vermont suffered a devastating blow when then-Gov. Peter Shumlin abandoned his plan for a publicly funded system that would have […]

VTDigger More than two-thirds of those removed were disenrolled for “procedural” reasons — meaning it’s unclear whether they are actually ineligible.  by Peter D’Auria In 2022, Erin Kellar was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Kellar had enrolled in Vermont’s Medicaid health insurance program as a graduate student, and was able to stay in the program […]

VTDigger From left, Rep. Mari Cordes, D-Lincoln; Rep. Saudia LaMont, D-Morristown; Rep. Esme Cole, D-Hartford; Rep. Ela Chapin-D East Montpelier; Rep. Jubilee McGill-D Bridport; and Rep. Brian Cina, P/D-Burlington made a ceremonial march on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, to deliver a bill reviving Green Mountain Care to the Office of Legislative Counsel, where bills are […]

VTDigger By Kristen Fountain Two health provider groups brought alarming anecdotes and statistics to the House Committee on Health Care this week, causing one new lawmaker to compare the state’s health care system to a village on fire. Unlike the evacuation of the Statehouse earlier in the week, this was not a drill. “In the […]

Seven Days By Colin Flanders Patients continue to wait weeks and months for specialty care at Vermont’s largest hospital, new data show. The University of Vermont Medical Center is seeing only about one third of new patients within two weeks of a referral to a specialist, far short of its stated goal of an 80 […]