Health Care

Senator Peter Welch: Health Care in Rural Communities 09/16/2024

From the Office of Senator Welch:

Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) hosts a press conference at Primary Care Health Partners in Williston to discuss how cuts in Medicare reimbursements have impacted small and independent health care providers and businesses already struggling to provide health care in rural communities. Senator Welch highlights his bipartisan Physician Fee Stabilization Act, which updates an outdated, decades-old policy that triggers harmful cuts to provider payments. He is joined by the Vermont Medical Society and Local Primary Care Providers.

UVMMC Union Demonstration 07/29/2023

From the organizer:

Management's response to our union's proposal for livable wages is unacceptable. Join us in calling on the leadership of UVMMC and the UVM Health Network to take action for Support Staff and Techs, and to take care of us so that we can take care of our patients and community.

Governor Phil Scott: Press Conference - Launch Voluntary Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program 01/24/2023

From the Office of Governor Scott:

Governor Phil Scott and Administration officials resume their regular weekly press conferences. Reporters attend in person or remotely through Microsoft Teams. Following brief remarks, the Governor and Cabinet officials answer questions from members of the media.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Senator Bernie Sanders and Secretary of Veteran's Affairs Denis McDonough Visit Local VA Facilities 04/14/2022

From the office of Senator Sanders:

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough this week will visit Vermont to tour some of the state’s VA medical facilities after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) invited him to see Vermont’s health care system for veterans first hand and hear directly from the veterans it serves.

Senator Bernie Sanders: Press Conference on Nursing Staffing Shortage 01/03/2022

Provided by ORCA Media:

Nursing Staffing Shortage. Recorded on January 3, 2022.

Kindness Connection: Interview with Kimberly Pierce 12/16/2021

Jan Riordan interviews Kimberly Pierce about trauma-informed health care.

Congressman Peter Welch: Abortion Rights Roundtable 09/20/2021

Rep. Peter Welch and Sen. Bernie Sanders meet with key abortion rights partners in light of the recent Supreme Court decision to allow the nation’s most restrictive abortion law in Texas to take effect. Rep. Welch discusses the House’s expected passage of H.R. 3755 (the Women’s Health Protection Act), of which Rep. Welch is a cosponsor, to enshrine access to reproductive health care into law for all women across America. The participants also discuss the status of Vermont’s Reproductive Liberty Amendment to protect access to safe and legal abortion in Vermont.

Call to End Vermont's OneCare Affiliation and Shift Resources to Basic Health Care Needs 10/01/2020

Dr. Deb Richter speaks on behalf of five nonprofit organizations that issued a joint statement demanding that the Scott administration end the State’s affiliation with OneCare Vermont, the accountable care organization (ACO) that now handles much of the money used to pay for Vermonters’ health care.

The State has an agreement with the federal government that has put OneCare—a for-profit company—in control of Vermont’s health care system. The five groups asked that the state either immediately cancel that agreement, or at the very least, let the agreement expire in 2022 without renewal.

The statement cites OneCare’s cost overruns, meaningless quality measures, and lack of any strategy to improve access to health care as reasons for the state to end its affiliation with OneCare Vermont.

The five organizations are Justice for All, VT; League of Women Voters of Vermont; Physicians for a National Health Program, Vermont Chapter; Vermont Health Care for All and Vermont Workers’ Center.

Health Care Town Hall with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal 04/13/2019

Along with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Rights And Democracy is joined by Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, State Rep. Brian Cina, Rights & Democracy leaders, and other special guests for a discussion about:

- Medicare For All
- Defending the attacks on the Affordable Care Act here at home in Vermont
- The future of establishing universal health care in our country

A Visit With: Cathy Mullen of Montreal Stylze - Free Haircuts 12/15/2017

"A Visit With" catches up with Cathy Mullen, proprietor of Montreal Stylze about her holiday offer of free haircuts for those in need on Monday, December 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Produced by Margaret Harrington.

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Applications Now Open for the Spring 2025 Cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship Program

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