Universal primary care bill develops complications

Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe: If it was easy, it would’ve been done already. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger
The state Senate president says Vermont may not be ready for a taxpayer-funded system of primary health care.
Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe on Tuesday defended a new version of S.53 that calls for a study of how the state might “achieve universal coverage for primary care services” but doesn’t support a way of paying for the coverage.Get all of VTDig