A group of protestors set up outside of Vermont's Supreme Court building in Montpelier on Monday, as they said they are putting the healthcare system "on trial".

A "Once we get the written orders, then we will analyze them and figure out what the specific impacts will be," Mackin said.

A consultant is urging the state to make dramatic changes to its health care system, including repurposing inpatient units at four hospitals, consolidating services at others and reforming how and how much facilities are paid for care.

Reaction on Thursday to a mammoth report calling for a huge shakeup in Vermont health care, including closing or repurposing some smaller hospitals.

Some hospital administrators and elected officials reacted with dismay to a report this week that recommended a significant restructuring of hospitals across Vermont. 

It has been a busy and consequential time for our state’s non-profit hospitals. This VAHHS Update is full of stories to help bring you up to speed on what’s been happening in the health care policy space.

Vermont’s hospitals are in trouble. A new analysis found that the state’s hospitals would need as much as $3 billion in subsidies — from commercial insurance increases or taxpayers — to remain solvent over the next five years, if immediate steps aren’t taken.

A key Vermont health care regulator reduced hospital budgets by millions of dollars for the 2025 fiscal year, setting out financial guardrails for how the facilities can operate over the next 12 months.  

National data indicate that half of women and 1 in 3 men experience contact sexual violence in their lifetimes.

The former Bennington Health and Rehabilitation Center off Dewey Street was officially sold Wednesday and is now part of the iCare Health Network.

U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) today introduced the bicameral 340B Pharmaceutical Access To Invest in Essential, Needed Treatments & Support (PATIENTS) Act.

The Green Mountain Care Board has reached a conclusion in their budget review for fiscal year 2025.

A man is facing several charges after he allegedly attacked a pregnant nurse during a visit to a hospital in Berlin, Vermont, on Friday.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) held a ribbon cutting celebration on Thursday to mark completion of the three-year renovation and construction project of the Kendall Emergency Department.

One Vermonter’s call for a kidney was answered by an unlikely donor. As many patients know, the wait for an organ can be long, and even deadly. But for Brandi Jagemann, good news came early.

A blood-sucking creature that comes at dusk is frightening Vermonters this summer. No, it’s not a vampire. It’s Culiseta melanura — one mosquito species responsible for spreading the eastern equine encephalitis virus, a rare and sometimes fatal disease. 



Health insurance prices in Vermont are high — and getting higher.

Average premium prices for individual marketplace plans in Vermont are among the highest in the country, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Reported cases of whooping cough are becoming more common across Vermont after remaining low for the past five years, according to a Vermont Department of Health official.