State seeks those who qualify for Catamount Health

May 16, 2007

MONTPELIER-- Clancy DeSmet and Carl Witke are two Vermonters who'd qualify for the state's new Catamount Health Plan.

Those with a stake in the health plan's success are revving up to find the other 30,000 Vermonters who could be helped by the plan.

The Vermont Public Interest Research Group, a watchdog organization that is often at odds with the state over issues such as health care, is among those to join the coalition to help promote Catamount.

The reason: VPIRG wants to see Catamount expanded to offer more complete and affordable coverage to small businesses and would like Catamount to be a model for other states, Executive Director Paul Burns said. "First, we've got to have a program that's successful."

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