Vermont news and information

On Oct. 1, Vermont’s new health insurance marketplace is set to open for window-shopping, but not for business. While Vermonters will be able to look at plans and subscribe to them in October, they won’t be able to submit payment information and buy health insurance on the Vermont...
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The six-physician White River Family Practice was named the winner of the 2013 Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence in the use of health information technology, the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society announced.
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See a sampling of states' videos promoting their health insurance exchanges.
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In Morrisville, N.C., just down from the Target and Gander Mountain big-box stores and between a nail salon and dental office, North Carolina's largest health insurer opened its first retail store.
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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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