The Vermont House voted Tuesday to give preliminary approval to a bill that would expand access to federal health insurance programs for Vermonters up to age 21, pregnant residents and older Vermonters.

It was another very busy week last week, as you’ll read in our legislative report and in the headlines of today’s Update. We’re over the midway point of the legislative session and those at the State House are working feverishly to get things done.

I need to correct the record! Thank you to Rep. Scheu who wrote in to let me know that I got it wrong last week—House Appropriations always formally votes on the budget on the Monday after the money crossover deadline.

According to the Vermont Department of Health, pharmacy claims will now begin processing again for drugs dispensed during the Change Healthcare outage.

UVM Health Network officials are sounding the alarm about a lack of long-term care capacity in Vermont and the impact it’s having on patients.

This weekend’s epic snow, just as spring officially “arrives,” feels about par for the course for this year so far. Doesn’t it just feel like everything is a bit “off”?

Ah, spring at the State House. I started my draft last week with something about our roads being muddy but the session shaping up with the money committee crossover deadline on Friday.

Last month, Jessica Wood, the director of the School of Nursing at Norwich University, introduced a reporter to Arthur, a child lying in a hospital bed on the Northfield campus.

On the Vermont Language Justice Project's YouTube channel, you'll find a video in Ukrainian about how to pick up prescription medications and another, in Mandarin, about why energy drinks are harmful.

Vermont’s Medicaid prescription claims system remains down and could still be weeks away from fully coming back online, according to the Department of Vermont Health Access.

Should your insurance company be allowed to stop you from getting a treatment — even if your doctor says it’s necessary?

We have officially achieved policy crossover. All of the policy bills that did not make it out of committee last week will not be moving forward.

The pandemic shed light on the issues health care and service workers faced dealing with their own mental health. Now, the Brattleboro Retreat is expanding a program to help more of those and other professionals.

The Vermont Business Roundtable’s Research and Education Foundation has released a report, forecasting a critical demand for skilled nursing professionals within the next two years.

A new program at the University of Vermont will fast-track career changers into the nursing profession.

Data from the CDC suggests norovirus is peaking in the northeast.

Hardwick residents want to force a neighboring town to close its cherished but tiny elementary school.

UnitedHealth Group said it plans to test connections to its Change Healthcare’s medical claims software and network starting Monday, March 18, and restore service through the week.

Lawmakers watered down a sweeping health care bill last week, replacing a provision that would expand access to Medicaid for many Vermonters with a study.