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By Peter HirschfeldVermont Press BureauMONTPELIER — When Kate Farrington’s mother lost her job, Farrington lost her health insurance. The young woman from Brattleboro is now confronting the relapse of a gynecological condition that, left untreated, could result in lifelong pain and an inability to have children. Since Farrington lacks the thousands of dollars needed to […]

NEAL P. GOSWAMIBennington Banner Monday March 14, 2011 BENNINGTON — Dozens of Vermonters offered thoughts on health care reform in Vermont to members of the House and Senate Health Care Committees during a statewide interactive hearing Monday. The meeting, held at 15 Vermont Interactive Television sites across the state, was largely dominated by supporters of […]

By Peter Hirschfeld Vermont Press Bureau – Published: March 14, 2011 MONTPELIER — A public hearing tonight on the single-payer proposal now under consideration in Montpelier will kick off what promises to be an eventful week on the health-care front. Postponed by snow last Monday, the first public hearing on Gov. Peter Shumlin’s ambitious plan […]

WCAX We’re about to take one the largest undertakings in the history of the United States, said Bob Gaydos, an insurance consultant. Employers right now have been caught off guard. Insurance expert Bob Gaydos is talking about Vermont’s proposal to switch over to a single-payer health care system, called Green Mountain Care, by 2017. At […]

Stateline By Christine Vestal, Stateline Staff Writer President Obama is encouraging states to develop their own health care plans if they want to, but his announcement of that policy last week didn’t mean much to most governors; right now, they haven’t shown signs that they’ve got alternative plans. For two governors, however, the president’s announcement […]

Burlington Free Press MONTPELIER — By the end of this week, the House HealthCare Committee will vote on a bill that authorizes the building blocks for a future s ingle-payer health care system. The bill will largely follow the template provided to the Legislature by Gov. Peter Shumlin, who set transformation of health care as […]

WCAX Lebanon, New Hampshire – March 2, 2011 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s Frank McDougall knows a lot of people who impact the health care industry in New Hampshire and Vermont, and all the way to the White House. We can’t go on the way we are going, said McDougall, the VP of government relations at DHMC. […]

Burlington Free Press By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a concession over his divisive health care overhaul, President Barack Obama offered Monday to let unhappy states design alternative plans as long as they fulfill the goals of his landmark law. Addressing the nation’s governors, Obama also challenged state chiefs who have sought to […]

By Mell Huff vtdigger Wendell Potter alleges the health insurance industry did everything in its power to discredit the movie “SICKO” Vermonters should be prepared for a campaign by health insurance companies to undermine public support for single-payer health care, an industry whistleblower declared at a Statehouse hearing Thursday. Wendell Potter, who until 2008 was […]

vtdigger By Anne Galloway Harvard economist William Hsiao told lawmakers a month ago that if they adopted a single payer style health care plan, Vermonters could save $500 million in the first year of implementation (2015). Since then, questions have been raised about that target figure. Fletcher Allen Health Care, in comments to Hsiao, said […]