This commentary is by Marvin Malek, MD, MPH of Berlin. He is an internist and an active member of the Vermont Medical Society and Vermont Physicians for a National Health Program.
On Sept. 26, 2024 — just three years after its launch and only three weeks before this year’s Medicare open enrollment period began — MVP Health Care and the University of Vermont Health Network announced that the Medicare Advantage plan they co-created — the UVM Health Advantage Plan — will no longer be offered to Vermonters after Dec. 31. The public will never know the cost of the hundreds of hours of personnel time both at the UVM Health Network and MVP that went into launching the insurance plan, or how much money may have been lost in the venture.
Why did the UVM Health Network decide on this foray into the insurance sector? Continue reading…