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In 2011, the Vermont state government enacted a law functionally establishing the first state-level single-payer health care system in the United States. Green Mountain Care, established by the passage of H.202, creates a system in the state where Vermonters receive universal health care coverage as well as technological improvements to the ...
The Green Mountain Care Board regulates major areas of the health care system in Vermont, and must approve major expenditures by hospitals. Network spokeswoman Annie Mackin said in an email ...
Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 577 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Vermont state law requiring the disclosure of certain information relating to health care services was preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to the extent that the state law applied to ERISA plans. [1]
The party's main focus has historically been advocacy for a single-payer health care system, which supported the implementation of Green Mountain Care, a health care program that was pushed by Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin due to pressure from the Progressive Party.
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The Vermont Democratic Party advocates universal health care, equality for all, and social justice. [5] Many of its proposals have been adopted, including universal health care (Green Mountain Care), same-sex marriage, and the closing and decommissioning of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power station in 2015.
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