Public financing returns to universal primary care bill

Rep. Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg, chair of House Health Care Committee. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerA key House committee is backing a taxpayer-funded system of universal primary care, bucking those who have expressed concerns about such a system.
The House Health Care Committee on Wednesday voted 6-5 to support a version of S.53 that explicitly endorses publicly financed primary care. The care should be available to Vermonters “without cost-sharing,” the bill says.Get all of