Health Care

As the population of older adults increases and accessing long-term care becomes more challenging, demand for medical alert devices is growing.

As Medicare open enrollment begins, a new national report ranks Vermont as the best state in the country for how well Medicare serves its residents. But it comes amid big changes to the state's health insurance market.

Sen. Peter Welch shares his perspective on the stalemate on Capitol Hill.

As insurers pull out of Vermont’s Medicare Advantage market, tens of thousands of residents will have to find new coverage before the end of year.

Rutland’s sculpture trail unveils its newest addition Friday. The marble sculpture honors a Rutland doctor who identified the first polio epidemic in the country. The statue also pays tribute to the hundreds of local medical professionals who responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The decision, characterized as mutual, comes less than a week after state health care regulators issued blistering criticism of the network and made major cuts to its flagship hospital budget.

"If you demand top dollar, maybe this isn't the right environment for you," said Owen Foster on Vermont Edition.

Vermont’s announcement follows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to significantly narrow eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines, and is the latest example of a state breaking with the federal government over immunizations.

The Green Mountain Care Board last week set the 2026 budgets for Vermont's 14 hospitals.

The Green Mountain Care Board has ordered UVM Medical Center to level-fund its net patient revenue next year and also reduce its commercial insurance rate by 16%.