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WCAX MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – Voters in at least eight Vermont towns will decide Saturday on a non-binding referendum to urge the Legislature to take up a bill exploring a universal primary care system funded by public tax dollars. Backers of the measure say rising health care costs and federal cuts to state Medicaid make […]

VTDigger A resolution urges lawmakers to pick up a bill that is unlikely to become law this session. Advocates hope it gets the ball rolling regardless. by Olivia Gieger About 18 months ago, Jack Mayer, Ellen Oxfeld and Michael Palmer began meeting in their local coffee shop to discuss ways that they, as concerned citizens, […]

ABC22/FOX44 By Matt Holderman MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – Voters in at least eight towns are weighing whether or not they want to advise the Vermont Legislature to move forward with a bill that could establish a universal healthcare system in the state. If passed and signed into law, H.433 would incrementally implement “Green Mountain Care”, […]

Addison County Independent By Marin Howell “You get the patient to see a primary care doc at the right time, and you’re going to be saving money for the system as a whole.” — Rep. Herb Olson The heightened interest comes as the Vermont Chamber of Commerce last month reported that Vermont spends 19.6% of […]

Addison County Independent By Marin Howell People will go to the doctor if they have no out-of-pockets, they’ll get treated earlier, before their condition is so serious, and it will keep people out of the emergency room, which adds a great deal of spending to our total expenditures. — Ellen Oxfeld ADDISON COUNTY — As […]

VTDigger by Olivia Gieger When the window to buy 2026 plans on Vermont Health Connect opens on Saturday, nearly 30,000 Vermonters will face what for many is an impossible choice: pay double or triple what they have been paying for their health insurance or go without. Meanwhile, the federal government remains shuttered and Congress is […]

VTDigger By Olivia Gieger The state’s main health care regulator approved budgets for all 14 of Vermont’s community hospitals during two hearings convened last week. The Green Mountain Care Board forced a reduction of almost $95 million to the revenue that hospitals can receive next year from commercial insurers, with the large majority cut from […]

VTDigger By Shaun Robinson The sweeping Republican tax and spending bill that cleared the U.S. House Thursday could cause about 45,000 people in Vermont to lose health insurance in the coming years, state officials say. The bill is now heading to President Donald Trump for a sign-off. In order to pay for key parts of […]

Addison Independent By John Flowers JACK MAYER IS one of the local health providers who spearheaded the effort to ask the Middlebury selectboard to endorse a resolution opposing proposed cuts to Medicaid.               MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday decisively endorsed a citizen-initiated resolution opposing a U.S. House-backed […]

VTDigger By Olivia Geiger Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., joined a group of state legislators, health care officials and advocates in Burlington Monday morning to raise the alarm on what they called Vermont’s health care affordability crisis. “Everyone knows that our health care system, nationally and in the state of Vermont, is broken. It is dysfunctional, […]