State seeks federal funding for health insurance exchange program
Gov. Peter Shumlin’s health care reform team is moving forward with the development of in-person assistance programs to help individuals, families and small businesses better access the Vermont Health...
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NEWS RELEASE — Department of Vermont Health Access January 22, 2013 Contact: Seán Sheehan 802-585-6339 Sean.Sheehan@state.vt.us Vermont Health Connect on schedule to open Navigator Application Process...
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Many exchange navigators are frustrated with tech problems
Navigators with the Vermont Chamber of Commerce (from left) Julie McDonough, Laura Doe, Kathy Megrath, Karen Winchester and Shannon Wilson. Photo by Andrew Stein/VTDigger Organizations charged with...
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Mapping the navigators: Where to look for help
Learn About Tableau The Shumlin administration this summer handed out $2 million in federal money to organizations charged with helping Vermonters understand their options on the state’s new health...
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Navigators say insurance through Vermont Health Connect ‘is unaffordable for...
Navigators helping Vermonters understand and enroll in health coverage through the state’s insurance exchange reached people more than 1.5 million times in the past year, according to state estimates....
View ArticleDonna Sutton Fay: Vermont Health Connect – a glass half full
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Donna Sutton Fay, who is the policy director at the Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security Education Fund. There is an old saying that you can look at a glass...
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Special report: Successes and failures of the Affordable Care Act in Vermont
Kellie Lafaille takes Kim Kennison’s blood pressure at The Health Center in Plainfield. Photo by Morgan True/VTDigger Margot Page was worried about a gap in her health coverage. It was March and her...
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Access to VHC difficult for navigators and patients alike
About 70 navigators and brokers have had trouble accessing their Vermont Health Connect accounts since the start of open enrollment earlier this month, making it difficult for them to help people sign...
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