Dear Reader,
My job is to help Vermonters understand what is happening and why. Your support makes that possible.
Reporting on Vermont’s health care system has shown me how the rising cost of healthcare deeply affects people across the state. With some federal tax credits set to expire at the end of this year, many Vermonters are facing difficult choices as they look to buy plans on Vermont Health Connect, without the federal support that made them affordable. These shifts are complex, and they have real consequences.
If you can, please consider a gift during our year-end member drive to sustain VTDigger’s coverage of important statewide issues like this.
Every day, I work to explain how policy decisions shape our health care system, how insurers and regulators respond and how these changes ripple through hospitals and households. I aim to bring clarity to a system that is often confusing and to hold decision makers accountable.
As Vermont confronts broader challenges in health care affordability and access, independent, fact-based reporting is essential. Your donation ensures this work remains strong and accessible to everyone.
Reader support is what allows me to devote the time and scrutiny this beat requires. Your contribution helps sustain VTDigger’s journalism into the year ahead and ensures Vermonters have the information they need to navigate a rapidly changing system.
Every gift also provides a day’s worth of emergency heat to a household via the Warmth Support Program of Vermont’s Community Action Agencies.
Thank you for supporting the work that keeps our state informed.
Sincerely,
Olivia Gieger
Health care reporter, VTDigger
P.S. Read my story about the loss of federal health insurance subsidies on Vermont families. This in-depth reporting is made possible by readers like you.
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