Statewide teachers health benefit folded into legislation

Sen. Phil Baruth listens to debate on S.55. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerA year long legislative impasse over statewide teacher health care is beginning to come to resolution. The Senate Education Committee is sorting through plans from stakeholders to find a path forward.Earlier this month, the Vermont teachers union proposed a single statewide health care benefit that features a new health care commission that would administer a statewide health benefit and cost sharing arrangement for all