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In Vermont, Where Almost Everyone Has Insurance, Many Can't Find or Afford Care

On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of towering trees whose sap fuels his maple syrup business. He was checking for damage after recent flooding. But these days, his workers' health worries him more than his trees'.

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Green Mountain Care Board denies funding request submitted by Brattleboro Memorial Hospital

In its Oct. 4 letter to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, the Green Mountain Care Board denied the hospital's rate increase request of 4.7 percent, instead authorizing a 3.4 percent increase, stating "Vermont is confronting a health care affordability crisis."

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Hospital association head calls on Care Board to retract health care report and apologize

The executive director of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systemshas called on the Green Mountain Care Board to retract a report it commissioned on Vermont's health care system, acknowledge that "grossly inaccurate data underlies the hospital recommendations made," and apologize for the whole thing.

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Vermont hospitals say consultant's recommendations could create healthcare deserts

Hospital executives across Vermont are not pleased with a report on the state's health care system released by the Green Mountain Care Board last month, some seeing it as an existential threat based on faulty information.

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UVM Medical Center takes legal action in effort to prevent additional patient care cuts

On Monday, University of Vermont Medical Center filed a motion with the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) to delay a board order that penalizes the hospital for delivering necessary care to patients in fiscal year 2023.

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Looking into the Act 167 transformation process for Vt. hospitals

Now that the Green Mountain Care Board has released its recommendations that call for steep cost-cutting and the possible closure of some hospitals, it’s time to implement them. That process will be led by Vermont’s Agency of Human Services.

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