Contractor pulls out of school health insurance program

Vermont Senate and House conference committee members shake hands last May after approving a bill that led to changes in teacher health care benefits. File photo by Tiffany Danitz Pache/VTDigger
Vermont’s new teacher health care plans have hit a major snag less than three months after they began. Almost 250 teachers have unpaid claims and the company hired by most school districts to administer the reimbursements has abruptly decided to pull out of contracts as of May 31.
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