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Vermont House approves expansion of access to Medicaid, Medicare

WEBThe 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 …

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Vermont Senate passes $8.6 billion state budget, teeing up

WEBAfter a key vote Thursday, Vermont’s state budget is on its way to the final stages of negotiation. The Senate voted 26-2 for an $8.6 billion budget, which would …

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Vermont seeks to implement new federal health care reform …

WEBLast week, Vermont officials sent in an application to participate in a new federal health care program. The state is seeking approval from the Centers for …

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Helen Riehle: Intentional planning and investment drives South

WEBAs the city planned for its new city center, among the first buildings to go up between 2018 and 2020 were the 60 permanently-affordable units in the Garden Street …

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Vermont’s new fair and impartial policing policy aims to

WEBMigrant Justice, which represents migrant farmworkers in the state, and the Vermont ACLU were the two community advocacy groups that contributed to the …

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Pop-up dental clinics offer free care to those who might go without

WEBThe clinic, held in the Hartford office of the Vermont Agency of Human Services, was the first of its kind hosted by the Upper Valley Oral Health Working Group.

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Allie Cohen: Vermont’s youth mental health crisis

WEBThe state of Vermont is in the grips of a severe mental health crisis. Inpatient pediatric floors, such as those at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, are being …

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Lawmakers replace ambitious Medicaid expansion with a study

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

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Final Reading: New USDA program aims to help towns access

WEBThe $1 million initiative supports new staff and trainers coordinated by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns.

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Vermont publishes more Covid-19 breakthrough case data on …

WEBThe vaccination rate among Vermonters 65 and older is nearly 100%, while the most recent age group to become eligible — 5- to 11-year-olds — has a vaccination …

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Jessica Barquist: Overdose prevention centers would provide …

WEBTo the editor: Vermont faces an escalating opioid overdose crisis with increasing fatalities each year. Our current care system falls short — and we must …

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Regulators adjust OneCare budget, look toward new strategy

WEBOn Wednesday, the board unanimously approved OneCare’s overall organizational budget of $22.2 million for 2024. Prior to that, however, board members …

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Vermont plans policy for Covid’s endemic phase

WEBVermont’s seven-day Covid-19 average has hit its lowest point since Nov. 2, one of several indicators that the Omicron variant surge is trending down, officials said …

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After holiday gatherings, Vermont Covid hospitalizations hit …

WEBby Erin Petenko January 3, 2024, 4:03 pm. The Vermont Department of Health reported 56 Covid-19 hospitalizations in the past week, the highest number of weekly Covid …

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How rising health care costs are driving up property taxes

WEBBut according to Vermont’s teachers union, health care costs across all districts are expected to increase by 16.4%, or roughly $47.9 million cumulatively, …

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Dr. Fay Homan: The power and promise of primary health care

WEBThis commentary is by Fay Homan, M.D., whose practice is at Little Rivers Healthcare, which has offices in Bradford, Corinth and Wells River. A simple story can …

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Burlington budget deficit grows to $13 million

WEBTo close the gap, officials plan to conduct an operations assessment study to “identify efficiencies and cost savings,” the city said in a press release.

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Bennington lawmaker pleads not guilty to DUI charge

WEBCarroll agreed to a roadside breath test that registered a blood alcohol content of 0.081%, just above the 0.08 threshold for drunken driving.

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Citing devastation in Gaza, Sanders and Welch oppose aid

WEBThe U.S. Senate voted by a wide margin Tuesday night to send a $95 billion foreign aid package to President Joe Biden for his signature. But among those who …

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Incarcerated man dies in palliative care at New Hampshire facility

WEBA 73-year-old man incarcerated by the state of Vermont died on Monday while receiving palliative care at a hospice facility in New Hampshire, according to the …

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Concerns raised over new Springfield Hospital consulting firm

WEBIn 2000, Quorum Health Group and its subsidiary, Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Alabama, paid the government $18 million to settle claims that it defrauded …

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Dartmouth Hitchcock nurses make another attempt at unionization

WEBLEBANON, N.H. — As staffing shortages and extended wait times continue to hamper operations at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, nurses are attempting to …

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2 of every 3 beds empty as state psychiatric hospital

WEBThe 25-bed hospital in Berlin had on average eight patients a day in July, the lowest count since the months after the facility opened in 2014.

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