Editorial: Feds target Vermont for fraud within its Medicaid programs

Vermont is one of 10 states recently targeted by a GOP-controlled U.S. House Committee that allegedly aims to eradicate fraud in the state’s Medicaid program. It’s mostly bogus.

“Vermont must prepare now for a future with fewer federal dollars, greater economic uncertainty, and higher costs for workers and families.”

The Counseling Service of Addison County is looking to become a Vermont Certified Community-Based integrated Health Center, or CCBHC, a move that would enhance its services and Medicaid reimbursement.

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)

The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday decisively endorsed a citizen-initiated resolution opposing a U.S. House-backed Budget Reconciliation Bill that recommends major cuts to critical federal healthcare and nutrition programs.

The Middlebury selectboard at its Tuesday, June 10, meeting is slated to consider a citizen-initiated resolution that asks town leaders, among other things, to “express grave concern” about an FY26 U.S. House Budget Resolution proposal that calls for cutt … (read more)

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

The cost of health care impacts everyone these days, stressing family wallets, increasing personal debt, and driving up public and private budgets.