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Vermont’s 8-year ‘all-payer’ health care experiment sunset at the end of 2025. What did it teach us?
The statewide organization at the center of the project, OneCare Vermont, was expensive to launch and operate. Now legislators are trying to reimagine pieces of the program for primary care.
Why are some rural Medicare patients paying more than patients at bigger hospitals?
A “bizarre” cost-sharing inequity means rural seniors can end up paying higher bills for the exact same outpatient services. The state is trying to correct the imbalance.
Vermont targeted in federal investigation of Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse
Vermont and nine other states received letters from a Congressional committee this week in the latest push to challenge Medicaid spending.
2025 was a much better year for BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont
After years of financial struggle, the insurer has paid back a $30 million loan and is adding to its reserves.
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This Town Meeting Day, Vermont towns consider calling for universal health care
A resolution urges lawmakers to pick up a bill that is unlikely to become law this session. Advocates hope it gets the ball rolling regardless.
To spotlight Trump cuts to health insurance, Welch brings Vermont lawmaker to the State of the Union
Both elected officials are striving to call attention to expired Obamacare subsidies and the high cost of health insurance they say only federal action can address.
Six years in, long Covid is still with many Vermonters — and they say the system is failing them
“You look around Vermont, just so many struggles,” said one long Covid patient about navigating the reality.
Vermont seeks to join 5 states in drug-purchasing consortium
Proponents of a bill say a prescription drug card should bring prices down at the counter. Pharmacists say this doesn’t change the true price of drugs.
Health department urges caution after rabid bat bites Strafford resident
Department officials collected the bat for testing Feb. 4 and notified Strafford Health Officer Stephen Marx a couple of days later.
A rare condition can send kids into fits of rage. Treatment could help — if insurance covers it.
For some Vermont families, treating the immune system can be life-changing to help a psychological condition possibly triggered by strep. For others, the cost is too high a barrier.
Measles detected in Washington County wastewater
“It is not something that people should be alarmed by,” said Vermont’s health commissioner, though he urged providers to be more vigilant and people to seek the vaccine if they have not gotten it.
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