A number of Vermont business leaders say the Shumlin Administration is
trying to punish thousands of small businesses when a new health care Exchange
goes into place next January.
Thousands
of middle income Vermonters could see their health care costs spike when a
new federal exchange goes into place in 2014. A group of advocates is urging the Legislature to
create a special state subsidy program to make up the difference.
The state has received a new $104 million
federal grant to help put a consumer based health care exchange in place over
the next 12 months. Most of the money will be
used to upgrade the state’s information technology network and to build a
comprehensive public outreach education program.
The state of Vermont is getting a $104 million federal grant to
continue the process of setting up a health benefits exchange, a key part of state
and federal health care reform efforts.