Vermonters for Health Care Freedom

Affordable Care Act (ACA), Association Health Plans, Health Insurance, Individual Mandate, Insurance Companies, Vermont Health Connect

Why are Vermonters Losing Out on Federal Health Cost Cutting Reforms?

April 26, 2019

In the second part of our dialogue with Joyce Hottenstein, a small business owner from Rutland, and Peter Briggs, a dairy farmer from Addison, we look at the demise of Association Health Plans in Vermont and how Vermonters can change…

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), All-Payer, Green Mountain Care Board VT, Healthcare Transparency

Red Flags in CMS Report on VT All-Payer Model’s Savings

April 24, 2019

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)recently issued an annual evaluation report on the State Innovation Models Initiative. which formed the subject of a recent press release by Gov. Phil Scott. According to the report, the Vermont ACO All-Payer…

Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Insurance, Media, Vermont Health Connect

Vermonters v. Vermont Health Connect

April 19, 2019

Joyce Hottenstein, a small business owner from Rutland, and Peter Briggs, a dairy farmer from Addison, discuss healthcare sharing ministries and the adversities they face due to the punishing costs of health insurance in Vermont.

American Medicine, Health Care, Media, Opioid Epidemic

Addressing the Opioid Carnage

April 17, 2019

Rutland EMT Bill Mapes describes using Narcan to revive an unconscious opioid user. https://t.co/RbFFW8q86q pic.twitter.com/nbiorz5Xkn — VTDigger (@vtdigger) April 14, 2017

Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Insurance, Individual Mandate, Insurance Companies, Media, Vermont Health Connect

Serving Individuals or Ideology?

April 8, 2019

Listen to Meg Hansen on Common Sense Radio discussing new VT legislation that traps small business owners, the self employed, and lower income Vermonters in the state’s exchange where Blue Cross Blue Shield enjoys a monopoly. The question we need…

Affordable Care Act (ACA), Green Mountain Care Board VT, Health Insurance, Individual Mandate, Insurance Companies, Vermont Health Connect

Health Insurance Woes in Vermont

April 6, 2019

On “Dialogues,” Meg Hansen discusses new Vermont legislation about the impending tax-based penalty related to the individual mandate, and the politicization of health insurance in the state. Because many Vermonters worry that their families, farms, and businesses will face the…

Affordable Care Act (ACA), Green Mountain Care Board VT, Health Insurance, Individual Mandate, Media

Punishing Costs of Health Coverage in Vermont

April 6, 2019

On Common Sense Radio, Meg Hansen joins Bill Sayre to discuss the new Vermont legislation that imposes a tax penalty on Vermonters who cannot afford health insurance and seeks to eliminate the religious exemption for health-sharing ministries.

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), All-Payer, Green Mountain Care Board VT, Media

Vermont’s ‘OneCare’ All-Payer System Beset by Problems

January 12, 2019

Meg Hansen, executive director of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, says the state administrators in charge of OneCare have not released records on the program’s performance. “If the login reports show that no one’s actually using [the program], it means…

Affordable Care Act (ACA), Health Insurance, Media

Is the ACA Unconstitutional?

January 12, 2019

Meg Hansen joins Bill Sayre on Common Sense Radio to consider the consequences for Vermont and other states of a federal court ruling that declares the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

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Response to WSJ Criticism of Texas’ Obamacare Strikedown

January 2, 2019

Red Flags in CMS Report on VT All-Payer Model’s Savings

Addressing the Opioid Carnage

Serving Individuals or Ideology?

Punishing Costs of Health Coverage in Vermont

Vermont’s ‘OneCare’ All-Payer System Beset by Problems

Is the ACA Unconstitutional?

Response to WSJ Criticism of Texas’ Obamacare Strikedown

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