Vermont bids for new federal money to boost rural health system

Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, in 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerThe wishlist for achieving a more stable health care system in Vermont is a long and lofty one: By 2031, the Agency of Human Services says it aims to strengthen the rural health care workforce in the state and increase access to timely care in those rural areas, all while increasing quality and reducing cost. One big piece of achieving those goals rests in moving more of the health care Vermon