272567 Vermont‘s Act 48 and single-payer healthcare

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Anna Carey, MD , University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
     
Vermont has a long history of healthcare reform including the single-payer option. In May, 2011, Governor Shumlin signed into law Act 48. It established the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) to design independently universal healthcare, by year 2017, under a single-payer system for billing and reimbursement. Since its formation in October, 2011, the GMCB has focused on establishing the basic care benefits to be covered for every Vermont citizen. The Governor's health reform committee has also designed the exchange program required by the ACA in 2014 to optimize Vermont's path to single-payer reform in 2017 or earlier.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Define roles of citizens, organizations and legislators in creating pathway to single-payer healthcare. Identify key aspects of Act 48 and its impact on healthcare in Vermont. Explain utilization of ACA toward developing Vermont's single-payer system.

Keywords: Universal Coverage, Access to Health Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am Chair of Vermont Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. I have done research on views of Residents on single-payer healthcare as well as collaborative research on Adolescent Substance Abuse as well as development of a Patient Decision Making Aid for Prediabetes.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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