The home for ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý's coverage of health care issues affecting the state of Vermont.
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Dr. David Krag and his team are sifting through around 43,000 studies about opioids and addiction to create an easy-to-access research database.
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The price of health insurance is increasing in many states, but in Vermont, they're increasing at extraordinary rates.
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The current reimbursement mechanism under Medicare began during the pandemic. Congress extended that pandemic-era coverage once already, in December 2024, but that extension only lasts until March 31, 2025.
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The proposed center will provide medical supervision to people using illegal drugs.
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The insurer has raised premiums on state marketplace plans by double digits for the past three years. Still, BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont said their premiums are not covering member claims.
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Education officials argue that without intervention, health costs will only continue to cannibalize ever-larger shares of local school budgets � no matter what cost-containment measures Montpelier decides to impose on districts.
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Congressional Republicans voted Tuesday night for a House budget resolution that could reduce funding for the health insurance program for people with low incomes and people with disabilities, in order to pay for tax cuts and more military and immigration enforcement spending.
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Brave Little StateVermont health insurance is pricey, and getting more expensive quickly. For one listener in Montpelier, it’s just not adding up.
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The University of Vermont Health Network announced Friday that it will continue to run three dialysis clinics around the state after regulators voted to raise the system’s revenue cap.
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The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."