New coalition touts single-payer health care

Less than two weeks after residents in seven Addison County towns urged the Legislature to support universal access to primary care, a new statewide coalition has formed to lobby for a new publicly financed health care system for the state of Vermont.

Voters in several Addison County towns sent a clear message to the Vermont Legislature this town meeting season — they want to see action on universal health care for Vermonters.

H.433 is a first step — careful, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible — toward taking control of our health care costs and making sure every Vermonter can see a doctor before they get seriously ill.

Vermont Health officials reaffirm existing childhood vaccine schedule in light of changes to CDC recommendations.

The news came less than a week after the state health care regulator slammed the network, which includes Porter Hospital.

Porter Medical Center in Middlebury will see four jobs cut as the result of 77 layoffs announced last week by the University of Vermont Health Network

Porter Medical Center (PMC) is asking the state to green light a fiscal year 2026 budget reflecting roughly $132 million in total expenses.

In addition to anxiety about the general solvency of a Vermont health care system saddled with rising costs, a major insurance carrier on the brink of insolvency and an aging state population, Porter officials must also contend with the prospect of shrink … (read more)

Any Vermonter who has been following the dire straits of the state’s health care system immediately understands the threat posed by the cuts to Medicaid. Under Trump’s big, bad bill an estimated $1 trillion will be cut from the program that helps subsidiz … (read more)

The Patricia Hannaford Career Center (PHCC) this fall will launch a new curriculum for aspiring emergency responders, some of whom could go on to fill the ranks of local rescue squads that are in almost constant need of trained, reliable health care profe … (read more)

Tell your town officials about how federal cuts to health care would ricochet through the Vermont economy.

Hundreds of Vermont and New Hampshire healthcare workers are deeply concerned about the Trump administration’s assaults on our public health system and healthcare worldwide.

Officials at Porter Medical Center, a UVMHN affiliate in Middlebury, said the cuts will not directly affect health care operations here, but Addison County patients will feel the pinch for some health care services.

To envision and create effective change in our health care system, we must be honest with ourselves about the challenges and opportunities that deter or impel strategic change.

The public is invited to a Green Mountain Care Board meeting in Middlebury later this month to give their input on the transformation of Vermont hospitals.