Consultants say Vermont’s health care system needs to change, but exactly how is not yet clear
VTDigger
For months, Bruce Hamory, a physician and consultant with the firm Oliver Wyman, has been engaged in a fact-finding process to determine what is and isn’t working in Vermont health care. In a series of public meetings across the state, Hamory has repeatedly highlighted the fragility of the state’s health care institutions and the need for change.
“Vermont’s health system is failing and needs urgent fixes,” he told attendees at a Monday evening virtual meeting. “You experience this daily.”
But despite the dire prognosis, the initiative has yet to release many specific recommendations — offering only a few hints as to the scope of its final proposals, which are scheduled to be released later this month or early September.
“I’m eager to be part of the solution, but I’m not seeing many solutions presented tonight,” Katherine Williams, who introduced herself as a registered nurse case manager and recent health policy graduate, said at the meeting. “I think we’ve identified and labeled the problems, but I’m not seeing what the solutions are.”