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Amid proposed health insurance rate hikes, Vermont businesses say health costs are slowing growth

As Vermont health insurers are proposing hefty 2025 rate hikes for individual and small group plan premiums, members of the business community say that high health care costs are slowing down the local economy.

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We ignore our long-term care needs in Vt. at our own peril

In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Amendments into law. Thirty years later President Lyndon B. Johnson added Medicare and Medicaid. The three programs are the most enduring social programs we have and they have worked because more people paid in than received, which was a function of a robust birth rate and a life expectancy that hovered near the age of retirement.

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Vermont changes the way it reports Covid-19 data in response to CDC rules

The Vermont Department of Health has been forced to find new ways to report Covid-19 data after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped requiring hospitals across the country to report their Covid admission counts.

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OneCare Vermont announces six new waivers to improve mental health care | News

OneCare Vermont, a pioneering Accountable Care Organization dedicated to improving Vermont’s healthcare system, has announced the launch of six new waivers aimed at enhancing access to mental health care, reducing hospital readmissions, increasing preventive care measure performance, and improving overall health care accessibility for Vermonters.

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Rural hospitals across the country now in the financial red; futures uncertain - WPDE

Half of America's rural hospitals are now operating in the financial red. According to a new report from healthcare consultancy Chartis, 50% of the nation's rural hospitals are now operating in the red. That number jumped from 43% last year.

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Sen. Ginny Lyons: Vermont is taking steps to align, coordinate health care system

Building accessible, affordable, quality health care for Vermonters is an overdue work in progress. Regardless of mixed results of past major reform efforts, Vermont’s goals to improve population health, advance health equity by reducing disparities in health outcomes and curb health care cost growth are possible.

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Locals Have Long Waits for Primary Care

Adults in central Vermont may wait months to see a primary care provider — and still they’re better off than people in many other regions. Local primary care clinics are scheduling new adult patients into late summer, autumn, and well beyond. Some are no longer adding names to their waitlists.

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