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The Green Mountain Care Board will sign on to an agreement that moves Vermont towards a new federal model for health care reform, following a vote Friday that split the members of the five-person regulatory body. 

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

A central figure in Vermont health care reform efforts plans to leave the center of the fray this spring. 

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

For likely the last time, state health care regulators at the Green Mountain Care Board recently approved the annual budget for OneCare Vermont, the accountable care organization that has been the linchpin of Vermont’s “all-payer” health care payment...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

Vermont’s senior U.S. senator shared new insight this week into how long he may be willing to represent the Green Mountain State in the nation’s capital. In an interview published by Politico Tuesday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he was...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas this week urged all registered Vermont voters who want to vote by mail in the Nov. 5 general election to get their ballot envelopes postmarked right away.“Mailing your ballot back to your clerk’s office is a...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

For the third year in a row, the Green Mountain Care Board has approved double-digit increases in the cost of annual premiums for individual Vermonters and small organizations who purchase their health insurance plans on Vermont Health Connect. The...

By KRISTEN FOUNTAIN

Longtime Bennington County Senator Dick Sears has died at age 81, Vermont Senate leadership announced Sunday morning. A Democrat, he was remembered by colleagues as an indefatigable advocate for at-risk youth with drive and compassion developed...