Vermont Edition
Vermont Edition
Patients’ Voices On Overhauling Health Care
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Vermont’s Health care consumers have their own ideas on improving care and cutting costs.VPR News
Vital Signs: Looking At The VA As A Model
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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.Vermont Edition
Vital Signs: The Moment Of Truth For Single Payer
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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.VPR News
“Health Care Coaches” Improve Health, Cut Costs
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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.Vermont Edition
Vital Signs: Containing Health Care Costs
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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 coaches."VPR News
Vital Signs: One Doctor’s Perspective On Reform
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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.Vermont Edition
Vital Signs: First Steps Toward Single Payer
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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. The second installment of Vital Signs examines the initial steps.VPR News
Vermonters Assess Biggest Problems In Health Care
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Doctors, legislators, patients and health care administrators talk about what they see are the biggest problems in our health care system.Vermont Edition
