For many years I have been more than satisfied with MVP health insurance (recently UVM/MVP). Thus, I was distressed to receive a letter from MVP stating that my plan would be discontinued. Inquiry with MVP revealed that they were ceasing coverage in many of the counties in Vermont, Addison County being one.

I explored alternative insurance and discovered that they too discriminated against Addison County. Insurance companies have different charges for physicians In and Out of Network. One of my physicians has offices in Burlington and Middlebury. Burlington is In-Network, Middlebury in Addison is not. Will I pay Out-of-Network costs when I go to the Middlebury office? That makes no sense. I suspect that there are many specialist practices with branch offices in Middlebury where the same differentiation of coverage obtains.

Insurance company discrimination of coverage to select counties fails to recognize “facts on the ground” about how Vermonters can be adequately served.

Dennis O’Brien

Middlebury