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Addison Independent “We’re acutely aware of the crisis of potentially losing several Vermont hospitals through bankruptcy, and the fact that BC/BS is struggling largely due to the cost for services at our hospitals.” — Rep. Mari Cordes   MONTPELIER — While revamping Vermont’s education funding system and expanding its housing stock are topping lawmakers’ battle […]

Seven Days By Colin Flanders Vermont’s pursuit of a more affordable health care care system must include cuts from the top, two state lawmakers say. Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky (P/D-Chittenden-Central) and Rep. Esme Cole (D-Hartford) will introduce bills in the coming days proposing to mandate that all “executives and clinical leadership” at Vermont hospitals earn no […]

VTDigger By Peter D’Auria Top executives at the University of Vermont Health Network received bonuses worth a combined $3 million at the end of last year, according to the hospital network. That sum, which the network referred to as “variable pay,” was paid out to the network’s top 19 senior leaders — including President and […]

VTDigger  By Auditi Gupta Dozens of state legislators are calling on the University of Vermont Health Network to reconsider widespread cuts the health care provider has proposed. The lawmakers are seeking to “raise the voices” of the system’s most vulnerable patients, Sen. Andrew Perchlik, D/P-Washington, said during a virtual press conference staged Tuesday by AFT […]

VTDigger By Peter D’Auria About 80 demonstrators gathered for a noontime honk and wave outside the Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin to protest against proposed health care service cuts on Thursday, November 21. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger For 18 years, Patty Croccolo has been a patient at Waitsfield’s family medicine clinic. The facility, which […]

VTDigger by Yardain Amron Support staff at Morrisville’s Copley Hospital voted to unionize last Thursday. The formation, which came through a decisive 68-44 vote, joins together the hospital’s nearly 150 staff with its almost 100 nurses in the regional United Nurses and Allied Professionals union. “I wanted to form a union to be able to […]

ABC News ByPhil Galewitz | KFF HEALTH NEWS On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of towering trees whose sap fuels his maple syrup business. He was checking for damage after recent flooding. But these days, his workers’ health worries him more than his trees’. The cost of Slopeside Syrup’s employee […]

Valley News By Elodie Reed White River Valley community members will discuss the future of their health care access next Tuesday. That’s after a recent state-commissioned report recommended major reductions in service at four small Vermont hospitals, including Gifford Medical Center in Randolph. The recommendations include converting inpatient beds to mental health care, changing emergency […]

VTDigger by Peter D’Auria and Erin Petenko Health insurance prices in Vermont are high — and getting higher. Average premium prices for individual marketplace plans in Vermont are among the highest in the country, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, costing more than double the national average, even when federal […]