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Changes To Vt.’s Health Care System

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In the coming year, the five-person Green Mountain Care Board will lead the state of Vermont on the path to a single payer health care system they hope to have in place by 2017. Some doctors are very much in support of what the Green Mountain Care Board is trying to do.
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Changes To Vt.’s Health Care System

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In the coming year, the five-person Green Mountain Care Board will lead the state of Vermont on the path to a single payer health care system they hope to have in place by 2017. This week we’ll be hearing from two doctors with very different views on the proposed changes to the state’s health care system.
Vermont Edition
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Congressman Peter Welch

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Congressman Peter Welch makes recommendations on cutting the deficit, VPR’s Ross Sneyd provides analysis on the Burlington mayoral race and we listen back to the voices in the news this week.
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Rutland Split On Health Care Overhaul

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A survey released this month shows Vermonters only narrowly approve the state’s new law that moves Vermont toward a single-payer health care system. In Rutland County, a political bellwether, opinions are equally divided.
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Vermont Physicians Concerned About Health Care Reform

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Physicians are worried about how health care reform will affect their work and their medical practices. They say they’re already under financial pressure, as they struggle to see more patients in less time. And a new survey shows that they want to be involved in how the state transforms their profession.
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Shumlin Signs Health Care Bill Into Law

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Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed into law a major overhaul of the state’s health care system. The law will set up a board that will oversee all health care in the state. Earlier: Administration Says Law Will Control Costs
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Administration Says Health Care Bill Will Control Costs

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The consumer insurance exchanges that are part of Vermont’s new health care bill don’t go into effect until 2014. But the Shumlin Administration is confident that other provisions of the legislation will help reduce the state’s healthcare growth rate in the next few years. One key goal is to bring the rising cost of private insurance premiums under control.