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New Bill Would Require Pertussis Vaccine
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The Shumlin Administration says it won’t support legislation that’s designed to deal with an outbreak of pertussis in Vermont. Health Commissioner Harry Chen says his department can make solid progress on this issue without engaging in a legislative battle that it’s likely to lose.VPR News
Health Care Advocates Worried About Increased Costs Under Exchange
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In his Budget speech last week, Governor Peter Shumlin said that Vermonters enrolled in Catamount Health Care won’t face additional financial burdens when the state’s new health care exchange goes into place next January. But some health care advocates say the Governor is following through on only half of that pledge.VPR News
Hearings Begin On Assisted Death Bill
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The Vermont Senate Health and Welfare Committee has started its week-long review of one of the most controversial and emotional issues of the session. A bill under consideration would allow physicians to prescribe drugs to help terminally ill people end their lives.VPR News
Voices In The Week’s News: January 25, 2013
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This week, volunteers marked Martin Luther King Day by doing community service, the state said detecting future leaks at Vermont Yankee may be compromised, committees looked into high gasoline prices, Legislators were introduced to the Health care Exchange software and Vermonters hit the ice for some pond hockey.Vermont Edition
Filling The Transportation Shortfall
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Vermont transportation revenues are down, so we’ll discuss the options available to the state, VPR’s John Dillon provides analysis on the week’s news and we listen back to the voices in the news.VPR News
Shumlin Proposes $60M In New Revenue To Support Spending Growth
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Governor Peter Shumlin has unveiled his plan to boost state spending next year by 3.4 percent without raising any broad based taxes. But the budget proposal does rely on roughly $60 million in new revenue from a variety of other sources.VPR News
Health Care Exchange Software Unveiled
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Lawmakers have gotten their first look at the computer software that will be used to implement Vermont’s Health Care Exchange later this year. Creators of the program are modeling it after popular travel websites.VPR News
Sanders Supports Changes To Senate Filibuster Rules
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Sen Bernie Sanders says changing the filibuster rules will make it easier to bring critical pieces of legislation to the Senate floor for a vote.VPR News