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The Series
Devil In The Details: Fulfilling Vermont's Health Care Goals
January 27, 2012
A law that was passed last year set the course for major changes in Vermont's health care system, but the details are being worked out this year in the Legislature.
Patients' Voices On Overhauling Health Care
April 15, 2011
Vermont's Health care consumers have their own ideas on improving care and cutting costs.
Vital Signs: Looking At The VA As A Model
April 14, 2011
Nina Keck looks at the Veterans Administration system, which provides pointers about improved efficiency, team-oriented care, and how the public health care system can save money.
Vital Signs: The Moment Of Truth For Single Payer
April 14, 2011
Vermont's governor and legislative leaders are laying the groundwork for a single payer system that would be unlike anything other states have attempted. It's raised many questions about how such a system would be run, and how it would be paid for.
"Health Care Coaches" Improve Health, Cut Costs
April 13, 2011
Marathon Health of Colchester works with larger companies around the country to contain health care costs by assigning "health care coaches" to employees. One of the companies they work with is Pizzagalli Construction of Vermont.
Vital Signs: Containing Health Care Costs
April 13, 2011
While there's strong disagreement over proposals for universal health care, there's no question that controlling costs is key. We look at various strategies to do that. Also, a Colchester company advises large employers on how to contain health care costs by assigning "health care…
Vital Signs: One Doctor's Perspective On Reform
April 12, 2011
Dr. Elliot Fisher, Director of Population Health and Policy at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discusses the physician's role in the health system overhaul, and the challenges doctors face in adapting to new approaches to how we deliver and pay for health care.
Vital Signs: First Steps Toward Single Payer
April 12, 2011
Vermonters will see significant changes in health care over the next several years, but there are many questions about what that means for patients and for doctors. The bill being debated now in the legislature lays the groundwork for a single payer system. But the changes would happen gradually.…
Vermonters Assess Biggest Problems In Health Care
April 11, 2011
Doctors, legislators, patients and health care administrators talk about what they see are the biggest problems in our health care system.
Vital Signs: States Attempt New Health Care Systems
April 11, 2011
Vermont's health care experiment is unlike any other approach, but there are lessons to be learned from what other states have tried. Vermont Edition's "Vital Signs" series looks at the context of what Vermont is attempting.
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Vital Signs: Commentaries
Barrosse Schwartz - The Medical Home
April 15, 2011
The effort to revamp health care is focused on improving care and controlling costs. Commentator Mary Barrosse Schwartz believes one approach…
Nadworny: Cost And Quality
April 14, 2011
Commentator Rich Nadworny says he's been doing the math on what health care would cost his business under a single payer system - and he believes it…
Mallary: The Cost Of Health Care
April 14, 2011
Commentator Dick Mallary says some difficult questions need to be raised in the current health care overhaul discussion. Those questions have to do…
Doane: Military Health Care
April 13, 2011
Commentator Larry Doane says changing our health care system is a balancing act between the care we demand and the care we can afford. He says these…
Luskin: An Aging Breed
April 13, 2011
Commentator Deborah Luskin thinks that universal health coverage would be great for patients, if there were enough physicians to go around. First…
Shields: Difficult Policy Choices
April 12, 2011
As the Vermont legislature prepares to launch a state-wide, single-payer health care insurance plan, commentator and Dean of the Vermont Law School,…
Douglas: How Far We've Come
April 12, 2011
As he watches the health care overhaul debate unfold, former governor Jim Douglas says his successor and lawmakers have a great deal to build on as…
Ankuda: Fourth Year Lessons
April 11, 2011
As lawmakers debate bills, and policy makers crunch numbers, UVM medical student Clair Ankuda reminds us that on the most important level, health…
Killacky: A Patient's Perspective
April 11, 2011
VPR commentator John Killacky says a painful personal experience underscores for him what's at stake in the health care overhaul as changes are made…
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