By Liora Engel-Smith/ VTDigger Vermonters buying health insurance through the state’s Obamacare portal, Vermont Health Connect, will likely see a steep increase in their premiums next year, after state regulators voted this week to allow double-digit increases. The increases could […]
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Local News
Vermont Health Connect enrollment is open
Vermonters can enroll in or change their health insurance plans through Vermont Health Connect, the state’s health insurance marketplace. During open enrollment, new customers can sign up for health and dental insurance plans for the coming year (coverage begins on […]
State News
Vermont Health Connect wraps up 2018 open enrollment
State officials reported that nearly 23,000 Vermonters have confirmed a 2018 health plan and qualified for financial help to make the plan more affordable. Total enrollment in qualified health plans is expected to surpass 80,000. This year’s earlier deadline means […]
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Federal upheaval won’t change 2018 health care premiums
By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger The state’s top health care regulator says insurance prices on Vermont Health Connect will remain steady for calendar year 2018, despite recent actions at the federal level. Kevin Mullin, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, […]
Local News
2017 Legislative preview: Medicaid, mental health and Vermont Health Connect
By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger When lawmakers begin the legislative session Wednesday, Jan. 4, they will be dealing with many of the perennial issues that stem from the ever-rising cost of health care. The Joint Fiscal Office projects that lower-than-expected Medicaid […]
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Senate passes birth control bill, pregnancy enrollment
By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org The Senate has passed a bill that would expand women’s access to long-acting birth control and men’s access to vasectomies, and allow pregnant women to enroll in Vermont Health Connect more conveniently. The Senate passed H.620 […]
Op - Ed
Overspending threatens to bankrupt Vermont
By Don Turner The Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations Act promised that the state legislature would embark on a “multiyear process to align state spending” in order to balance overall revenues and expenditures. By delineating comprehensive measures, the budget bill aimed […]
State News
School health insurer hangs hopes on overhaul of offerings, rules
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org The nonprofit that provides health insurance for education employees and retirees in Vermont is making some significant changes to try to stay relevant amid calls from Legislators to move school employees onto the state health […]
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Vermont Health Connect backlog persists after Jan. 31 deadline
By Erin Mansfield, VTDigger.org Gov. Peter Shumlin’s health care reform team told the House Health Care Committee on Thursday, Jan. 28, about bigger challenges with Vermont Health Connect than were previously reported. Lawrence Miller, the chief of health care reform, […]
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Gov. Shumlin provides update on Vermont Health Connect open enrollment
Two weeks into the third annual open enrollment period for Vermont Health Connect, Gov. Peter Shumlin and top health care officials provided an update on Tuesday, Nov. 17, and pointed to the long road the state has traveled to improve […]