Group begins laying groundwork for individual mandate

Addie Strumolo, far right, speaks Tuesday as other members of the Individual Mandate Working Group look on. From left to right, they are Mike Fisher, chief health care advocate; Doug Farnham of the state Tax Department; Emily Brown of the Department of Financial Regulation; and Robin Lunge, Green Mountain Care Board member. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
A group of seven people has less than five months to figure out how mandatory health insurance might work in Vermont.
On Tuesday morning, members