HEALTH CARE

Our health care system is broken.  Millions of Americans and tens of thousands of Vermonters lack adequate health insurance.  Those who have insurance are faced with skyrocketing costs, widening loopholes and vanishing choices.  VPIRG is backing major reforms at the state and federal level that will:

  • Stop insurers from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions
  • Give doctors access to the best information about what works
  • Support disease prevention programs to save money and protect our health
  • Modernize systems and eliminate red tape and excessive paperwork
  • Increase our choices and competition

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Health Care Passes Congress

We just witnessed history being made.

For the first time ever, a comprehensive health care bill has passed both Houses of Congress. The bill will give health care to 32 million Americans and help to save over 30,000 lives per year. And it will finally put an end to some of the worst insurance industry abuses so that never again will they deny you care for pre-existing conditions, charge you more if you're sick, put...

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SPOTLIGHT
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Help for Vermont’s Small Businesses

Vermont’s health care costs are rising by almost $1 million per day – over $350 million a year.  Picking up this tab is already too big a burden for our families, state programs and local economy to bear.  Times are especially tough for small business owners and their employees, who often go without health coverage because monthly premiums are simply out of reach. But thanks to new federal healthcare reform provisions, help is on the way.

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Federal Health Care Reform
Health Care in Vermont: Catamount Health and Beyond