Medicaid

Vermonters now receiving monthly premium bills for state-subsidized care

Published in Managed Care Weekly Digest, November 10th, 2003

Vermont Governor James Douglas' administration asked lawmakers on October 14, 2003, to allow a grace period to ensure needy Vermonters aren't cut off from their health insurance because they are confused by the state's new payment system.

Nearly 36,600 Vermonters will begin receiving monthly premium bills for their state-subsidized health care toward the end of November 2003.

The bills, from $5 to $75, will replace the copayments that participants in Vermont's Medicaid-related health and pharmacy programs paid for their services.

But John Michael Hall, commissioner of the department of Prevention, Assistance, Transition and Health...

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Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2003-11-10)

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