After a 3-1 vote with one abstention, the Green Mountain Care Board joined Gov. Phil Scott and the Agency of Human Services in an agreement to change the way Vermont runs Medicare and Medicaid.

Treasurer Mike Pieciak says a small state investment could erase up to $100 million of the medical debts plaguing some of Vermont’s lowest-income residents. 

Vermont leads the nation for its efforts in maternal and infant care-- that’s according to a new report card from the March of Dimes.

As Vermont emerges from negative temperatures, things are heating up at the State House. See below for more details:

Kurt White was fed up with how people talk about mental health. As a trained clinical social worker and therapist with two decades of experience, he knows that the subject can be far more uncomfortable and messy than the polished sound bites and tidy conclusions that dominate media coverage. 

The start of the session always feels like going back to school, and even more so during a new biennium. With new committees come introductory and refresher courses on Medicaid, health insurance, and Vermont’s health care system.

Vermont is the only state in the nation to receive an "A" grade for maternal and infant health on the 2024 March of Dimes Report Card, according to a news release.

The Green Mountain Care Board will sign on to an agreement that moves Vermont towards a new federal model for health care reform, following a vote Friday that split the members of the five-person regulatory body. 

A new pro-housing advocacy group has entered the scene at the Vermont Statehouse. Their message: Vermont needs to build, build, build, or else the state’s housing deficit will pose an existential threat to its future economy. 

Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., professor of medicine and associate dean for graduate medical education at the Larner College of Medicine, and Rup Tandan, M.D., professor of neurological sciences, commented for a Vermont Public story about a Department of Health report showing that the number of Vermonters with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, is above the national average.

While it may be tempting to think that the State House goes into a state of suspended animation during the off-season, only to come alive at the sound of the gavel’s fall in January, there’s a lot of work that goes on with its inhabitants from May to December.

The 2024 election went about as well as it could have for the Republican Party. And nowhere in the nation did Republicans pick up more seats in a state legislature than in the little blue state of Vermont.

Health care professionals are needed in many communities across the U.S., particularly in rural areas.

In November, OneCare Vermont (OCV), an accountable care organization dedicated to improving Vermont’s healthcare system, announced that it would wind down its operations at the conclusion of 2025. 

Vermont lawmakers will soon return to Montpelier for the new legislative biennium. The top priority will be tackling two interconnected crises: the cost of education and the cost of health care. Our Calvin Cutler lays out the problem and the potential solutions.

The Green Mountain Care Board released a comprehensive report in September aimed at transforming the state’s healthcare system. The report, prepared by the management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, has generated strong reactions from communities whose local hospitals were advised to restructure or reduce services.

Faced with high and rising health care costs, some Vermont policymakers are eyeing a new strategy to address the problem.

For likely the last time, state health care regulators at the Green Mountain Care Board on Wednesday approved the annual budget for OneCare Vermont, the accountable care organization that has been the linchpin of Vermont’s “all-payer” health care payment reform efforts since 2018.

Lamoille County practitioners and community members are pushing Copley Hospital to keep its birthing center open, reflecting anxiety about the state of community hospitals in the wake of a sobering health care report.