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Blue Cross Blue Shield requests its lowest premium hike in Vermont in five years
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (525+ words) The two insurers that offer health care plans on the state marketplace want to raise their premiums next year. But neither Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont nor MVP Health Care are requesting average hikes in the double digits. And…...
Regulators signal they aren't done asking hospitals to cut costs
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (378+ words) Last fall, regulators aggressively cut into hospital budgets in a bid to bring Vermont's sky-high health care costs under control. This year, the Green Mountain Care Board is signaling they'll continue leaning hard on hospitals to reduce spending. Members of…...
Regulators set Vermont hospital budgets, aiming for cost control and stability
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (654+ words) State healthcare regulators have approved the budgets of Vermont's 14 hospitals for fiscal year 2026. The Green Mountain Care Board went into this year's budget review process with an ambitious goal of reining in costs, as insurance premiums in Vermont have seen…...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont reports surplus, says it's on a 'path to financial recovery"
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (353+ words) For the first time since 2020, Vermont's largest insurer did not lose money. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont reported a net operating gain of $53 million in 2025 during a press call Monday. The news will come as a relief to policymakers…...
It makes me sick to think about: Vermonters get sticker shock during ACA open enrollment
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (613+ words) Every year, Zo" Keating, a Burlington-based cellist and composer, logs on to Vermont Health Connect in November to pick out a health insurance plan for her and her son. It's usually not a very complicated choice: the state only has…...
Health care premiums set to rise by 7% for school employees next year
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (375+ words) For the first time since 2023, health insurance premiums for Vermont teachers won't rise by double digits. Rising health care costs have long strained school budgets, but the problem has grown increasingly acute in recent years. Education officials begged Montpelier to…...
In most of Vermont, there won't be a single Medicare Advantage plan available next year
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (563+ words) Two private insurers, Blue Cross Blue Shield and United Healthcare, are leaving Vermont's Medicare Advantage market next year, and a third, Humana, will only offer plans in a handful of counties. That's according to data released this week by the…...
Health care regulators make deep cuts to UVM Medical Center budget
8+ mon, 9+ hour ago (529+ words) State health care regulators have made significant cuts to the University of Vermont Medical Center's proposed 2026 budget. The Green Mountain Care Board on Friday slashed the medical center's proposed commercial insurance revenue by nearly $90 million. The Burlington hospital had proposed…...
Vermont's largest hospital says it'll cut insurance rates by 8%
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (485+ words) Next year, patient care at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington and Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin will be cheaper for commercial insurers. The hospitals submitted budgets to state regulators this week that would reduce commercial rates…...
Officials estimate 45, 000 in Vermont could lose health insurance under Trump tax cut bill
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (862+ words) The tax bill making its way through Congress would cause some 45, 000 people in Vermont to lose health insurance over the next several years, according to initial estimates from the Vermont Agency of Human Services. The bill also prevents Planned Parenthood…...