Senate backs primary care compromise

Sen. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia, right, Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, and Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
The Senate on Wednesday advanced a bill that could result in a new system of universal primary health care in Vermont.
But there’s a long way to go before the health care system envisioned in S.53 would be a reality. And the compromise version of the bill that won preliminary Senate approval does not explicitly endorse taxpayer