VTDigger

By Peter D’Auria

A person holds a sign reading "Where will our patients go?" during an outdoor protest with others nearby.
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 is affiliated with Central Vermont Medical Center, is a 15-minute drive from her home in Warren. Her daughter works as a part-time nurse there, and the medical staff is “fabulous,” she said. Roughly a decade ago, when she was diagnosed with colon cancer, Croccolo’s providers at the clinic were excellent, she said. continue reading