State proposes to cut health benefit

House Appropriations Chair Rep. Kitty Toll, D-Danville. Photo by Anne Galloway/VTDigger
Even as legislators move quickly to protect federal subsidies for Vermonters’ health plans, a newly proposed state cut may mean higher costs for some of the same people lawmakers have been hoping to help.
The Department of Vermont Health Access wants to eliminate the state’s cost-sharing reduction benefit, which lowers deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket expenses for income-qualified residents w