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Courtesy UVM Medical Center Hospital We don’t like change. Change threatens those of us who are privileged to have a part in the status quo, even when it’s dysfunctional and… Read More

Shutterstock In the ‘90s, Vermont was among the states with the lowest per capita spending, but since 2010 it’s been consistently among the highest (see slide 14). So, to envision… Read More

Shutterstock I’m often asked what an ideal Vermont healthcare system would look like. Many working in the field of healthcare reform in Vermont have put forward similar models and we… Read More

The healthcare industry in Vermont is at a tipping point and the outcome depends on Vermonters understanding what is broken and how to fix it. Just leaving it to hospital… Read More

Shutterstock A Lucrative model: Make them sick, then charge them to get well. In Part I of the Ghost Quartet, we explored the lucrative model of using the chemical/agricultural complex… Read More

  Shutterstock Future of Vermont Healthcare Council Goal: For Vermonters to find consensus on and advocate for a healthcare system that delivers quality, equity, access, and affordability for all Vermonters.… Read More

Shutterstock May is Mental Health Awareness Month and in our world today there’s plenty of  reason to want to be aware. Vermont has established as a policy if not in… Read More

Future of Vermont Healthcare Council Mission: To refine, design, and advocate for a healthcare system that delivers quality, equity, access, and affordability for Vermonters. Academic alignment and fiscal agent (501©3):… Read More

1.       UVMMC has generated  negative Medicare margins for at least the past 10 years. These negative margins have averaged $43M and totaled $119M in 2022.  60% of academic peer hospitals broke even… Read More

Unlike my prior columns on healthcare, this one will be short, concise, and easily understood. It’s a call-to-aims (sic) for all Vermonters concerned about their access to quality healthcare. The… Read More

The socio-economic governance spectrum divides itself into the for-profit business sector, the nonprofit mission-driven sector, and the government sector. There are statutory regulations that, often rather loosely, regulate the governance… Read More

Senate bill S.211 is an attempt by the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (VAHHS) to gain more power. Their dominant member is the UVM Health Network (UVMHN). Over… Read More