What progress is being made in setting up its federally-mandated Vermont state health insurance exchange?"
About state health insurance exchanges
1/19/2011--Passed House amended. Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions. [more]
how healthy is living in Vermont?Vermont is ranked as the number one healthiest state to live in, according to the 2010 America's Health Rankings® by the United Health Foundation.
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State snapshot too large? Get county-by-county health rankings for Vermont, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Population Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin.
Vermont does not have a state risk pool. The state has guaranteed-issue meaning all citizens will be accepted at the same premium regardless of their health. Thus New Yorkers are lucky to have access to health insurance that is much better than a risk pool (which almost always charges a higher-than-the-going-rate because it is made up of uninsurable people).
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Starting in 2010, Vermont started offering health care insurance coverage to residents through the federally established temporary high-risk pool program. To find out more about Vermont's participation, click here.
Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state to state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the pool to keep it in the black. In the best cases, they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Read more about risk pools here.
Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations help fund its research. Learn more about the Health Policy Institute.
Review Georgetown's guide for Vermont.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a private, non-profit organization that, among other things, provides health care plan report cards for consumers.
Go here to search for Vermont health insurance plan report cards.
Consumer information from Vermont's Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration – includes help on how to buy health insurance.
Department for Children & Families, Medicaid program – a government health insurance program for eligible people age 65 years and older, people who are blind or disabled, children and young people under 21, pregnant women, and parents of children under 18.
Vermont Health Care for All – provides information, news and analysis for understanding the critical problems confronting health care in Vermont.
The GOP's proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act could wipe out critical consumer protections, cost savings, benefits for seniors (including preventive services and reduced prescription drug costs), and – hugely important – access to coverage for folks with pre-existing conditions. Find out how repeal of the Affordable Care Act would affect Vermont consumers.
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Vermont is just a signature away from the road to a single-payer health care system called Green Mountain Care.
LegalNewsline.com – A total of 20 states have moved to sue the federal government in an attempt to stop implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, arguing that the individual mandate provision is unconstitutional. Another nince states have indicated they support the reform legislation.
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Find licensed physicians near you. Each state is home to organizations that can help you find and research physicians, offering online information about a physician's license, schooling, practice information and more.
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