WILMINGTON — What a well-written and thoughtful piece. I enjoyed reading it. Thank you, Ann Landenberger!
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Vermont's health care system is in flux. The state's path to reform the system - to increase access, prevent disease, and contain costs - has come with as many potholes as advances. The state announced increases in premium costs for Blue Cross Blue Shield (5.9 percent) and MVP (2.4 percent) insurance plans last week. And right next to this announcement, state officials highlighted forward movement on a backlog with its online health insurance exchange, Vermont Health Connect (VHC). The dance...
BELLOWS FALLS-Betsy Small, author of Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone, will read from and sign copies of her book on Monday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Rockingham Free Public Library (RFPL). The inspiration for this book came from her experiences in Sierra Leone, first as a Peace Corps worker there from 1984–87 and again when she returned decades later with her daughter. The University of Michigan Press has selected it as one...
Of the several fine candidates for governor, both Democratic and Republican, my vote will certainly be for Peter Galbraith, someone I have known, observed, and admired for many, many years now. Most important for the long-term future of the Vermont we love, Peter has the strongest environmental record and most intelligent environmental aspirations of the several contenders. And Peter's social record and positions - on health care, on education, on wages, and on fiscal policy - could not be better.
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