/tags/medicare Medicare en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:48:24 GMT /local-news/2024-11-11/onecare-vermont-to-shut-down-ending-major-health-care-reform-experiment The accountable care organization will close by the end of 2025. OneCare worked to lower health care costs and improve patient outcomes by moving away from a fee-for-service payment model. Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:48:24 GMT /local-news/2024-11-11/onecare-vermont-to-shut-down-ending-major-health-care-reform-experiment Lexi Krupp /local-news/2024-08-15/medicare-prescription-drug-price-negotiation-closely-watched-in-vermont This year Vermont lawmakers asked health care regulators to study options for regulating prescription drug costs for Vermonters. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:35:16 GMT /local-news/2024-08-15/medicare-prescription-drug-price-negotiation-closely-watched-in-vermont Bob Kinzel /show/vermont-edition/2023-05-15/the-challenges-facing-vermonts-independent-pharmacies Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with pharmacists from Vermont communities about the joys and struggles of their business. Mon, 15 May 2023 18:23:52 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-05-15/the-challenges-facing-vermonts-independent-pharmacies Mikaela Lefrak, Andrea Laurion /npr-news/2023-02-16/how-seniors-could-lose-in-the-medicare-political-wars Politicians are again pointing fingers over cutting Medicare. Any party accused of threatening the program tends to lose elections, but without a bipartisan agreement, seniors stand to lose the most. Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:13:29 GMT /npr-news/2023-02-16/how-seniors-could-lose-in-the-medicare-political-wars Julie Rovner /show/vermont-edition/2022-10-25/a-b-d-or-advantage-vermont-experts-help-navigate-medicare-enrollment This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak explores the Medicare enrollment process with a specialist from the Central Vermont Council on Aging and a Springfield Hospital physician. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:31:52 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-10-25/a-b-d-or-advantage-vermont-experts-help-navigate-medicare-enrollment Mikaela Lefrak, Matthew F Smith /vpr-news/2018-02-26/brattleboro-memorial-hospital-pays-1-6-million-to-settle-medicaid-and-medicare-violations Vermont's U.S. Attorney says Brattleboro Memorial Hospital allegedly submitted bills to Medicare and Medicaid without the proper documentation.BMH paidâ€� Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:23:33 GMT /vpr-news/2018-02-26/brattleboro-memorial-hospital-pays-1-6-million-to-settle-medicaid-and-medicare-violations Howard Weiss-Tisman /vpr-news/2017-11-03/will-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-health-care-plan-divide-democrats Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to make his "Medicare for all" health care plan a top priority for the Democrats in the 2018 elections. But a number of moderateâ€� Fri, 03 Nov 2017 21:11:04 GMT /vpr-news/2017-11-03/will-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-health-care-plan-divide-democrats Bob Kinzel /vpr-news/2017-08-29/sanders-says-support-is-growing-for-his-medicare-for-all-universal-health-care-plan Sen. Bernie Sanders says his plan to implement a taxpayer financed, universal coverage health care system in this country is based on a relatively simpleâ€� Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:25:54 GMT /vpr-news/2017-08-29/sanders-says-support-is-growing-for-his-medicare-for-all-universal-health-care-plan Bob Kinzel /vpr-news/2014-10-29/medicare-becomes-hot-issue-in-governors-race In the final weeks of the campaign, the future of Medicare benefits for Vermont seniors has become a hotly debated issue in the race for governor.It's anâ€� Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:19:53 GMT /vpr-news/2014-10-29/medicare-becomes-hot-issue-in-governors-race Bob Kinzel /vpr-news/2014-10-09/vermont-hospitals-fight-medicare-ruling-that-would-cost-millions Ten of Vermont’s 14 hospitals are battling Medicare reimbursement rules that they say will hit their bottom lines hard.The federal government claims itâ€� Thu, 09 Oct 2014 09:00:00 GMT /vpr-news/2014-10-09/vermont-hospitals-fight-medicare-ruling-that-would-cost-millions Charlotte Albright