Vermont news and information

Vermont's law allowing doctors to prescribe a lethal dose to terminally ill patients who request it went into effect May 20. Now, healthcare providers are immersed in trying to figure out how to incorporate this new option into their world.
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President Barack Obama's speech in California on Friday that 2014 insurance premiums are coming in lower than expected was somewhat undercut by an announcement in Ohio that premiums there are likely to rise significantly due to requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Responding to a steady stream of criticism that health insurance exchanges will offer few options along with high premiums, the Obama administration predicted a shot of competition in many areas.
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Consumer and small business advocates in New Hampshire are disappointed but not surprised that only one company plans to sell insurance through the new online marketplaces required under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul.
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In California, the most populous state in the country, one might think that insurers would be tripping over themselves to get plans on Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange. But that would be wrong.
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Vermont is poised to become the fourth state to allow doctors to help terminally ill patients die. A bill approved Monday night by the state House would allow Vermont doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication.
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Food service companies and hospitals say the move toward healthier food options on hospital menus and cafeterias is shaping purchasing practices, food contracts and business strategies.
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Vermont may have a reputation as a small, laid-back state best known for maple syrup and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, but the task facing Lindsey Tucker is almost as large as the state's Green Mountains. The deputy commissioner of the state's health insurance exchange, Vermont Health Connect, faces the...
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“Pentagon struggles with high cost of healthcare” contains many misrepresentations and untruths. “The cost of military healthcare has almost tripled since 2001” is misleading in that the reported...
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A group of Vermont doctors and mostly Republican lawmakers gathered Wednesday to warn that if Vermont goes ahead with its plan to push toward a Canadian-style, single-payer healthcare system, the state will ''regulate the private practice of medicine in Vermont out of existence.''
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