Vermont's Health Care Reform
Making quality and affordable health care available for all Vermonters
Affordable, comprehensive and quality health care is essential for the well-being of Vermonters. Since 2006, Vermont has enacted many health reforms designed to increase access, improve the quality, and contain cost of health care for Vermonters.
Vermont's latest legislation, Act 48 (H.202), was signed into law by Governor Shumlin in June 2011. The law recognizes the economic and moral imperative for Vermont to undertake fundamental reform of its health care system. Health care costs have been growing between 6.5 and 8.5 percent per year in recent years, at a time when growth in our economy was negligible. Act 48 puts Vermont on a path to a single payer system, but the state must take several additional steps to reach that goal. These include development of a financing plan that assures a single payer will cost less than the current system.
NEW 2012 Health Reform Legislative Reports
2011 Health Reform Initiatives
Health Benefits Exchange Planning, Documents, Meetings
Health Information Technology and the CMS Meaningful Use Provider Incentive Program
"Federal Health Care Reform: Funding Opportunities" tracking document
CMS Meaningful Use Incentive Payment Program
Vermont Electronic Health Record Incentive Payment Program (EHRIP) (October 17, 2011)
