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VTDigger By Morgan True About 70 navigators have had trouble accessing their Vermont Health Connect accounts since the start of open enrollment earlier this month, making it difficult for them to help people sign up. Security upgrades made during the two months the state’s health exchange was offline caused some navigators to lose access to […]

Rutland Herald By Patrick McArdle STAFF WRITER | November 23,2014 A close gubernatorial election raised questions about support for Gov. Peter Shumlin’s proposed single-payer system and the future of health care in Vermont — but those working in the industry say their goals haven’t changed. Bea Grause, president of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and […]

Times Argus By Neal P. Goswami VERMONT PRESS BUREAU MONTPELIER — The economist under fire for his remarks regarding American voters and a Vermont commentator is being asked to complete his contract with the state but will receive no further payments, state officials said Wednesday. The governor’s chief of health care reform, Lawrence Miller, said […]

VTDIgger In a wide-ranging news conference Wednesday, Gov. Peter Shumlin repeated his commitment to single payer health care but promised to listen to Vermonters who feel he’s moving too fast on that and other issues. Holding his first full-blown news conference since his narrow victory over Republican Scott Milne in last week’s election, Shumlin promised […]

Burlington Free Press MONTPELIER – Health care was already going to be a big issue in the upcoming Vermont legislative session, with the Shumlin administration overdue to present its financing plan for universal coverage. But now some older battles may be fought anew, as Republicans prepare to question the path the state is on and […]

VTDigger By Morgan True Republican lawmakers are calling for the state to scrap Vermont Health Connect and join the federal health care exchange, but the implications of such a move are unclear. Vermont Health Connect has never worked properly and is currently propped up by a number of manual processes. It was taken offline in […]

Times Argus BY NEAL P. GOSWAMI VERMONT PRESS BUREAUMONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin’s near defeat coupled with the ouster of the House Health Care Committee chairman in Tuesday’s midterm election have some saying the governor’s single-payer health care proposal is no longer feasible in Vermont’s post-election political landscape. But others, particularly advocates of Shumlin’s vision […]

Vermont Public Radio By Peter Hirschfeld Gov. Peter Shumlin had previously vowed to make Vermont the first state in the country to adopt a single-payer health care system. But after a near miss in last week’s election, the Democrat might to be backing away from that pledge. The promise of single-payer health care has been […]

 VPR: Gov. Peter Shumlin says he’ll unveil his financing plan for a single-payer health care system at the end of this month and the administration has made a critical decision to impose new payroll taxes on large companies that are exempt from being part of the Green Mountain Care program. You can not force them to […]

Rutland Herald BY NEAL P. GOSWAMI VERMONT PRESS BUREAUMONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin’s near defeat coupled with the ouster of the House Health Care Committee chairman in Tuesday’s midterm election have some saying the governor’s single-payer health care proposal is no longer feasible in Vermont’s post-election political landscape. But others, particularly advocates of Shumlin’s vision […]