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Rep. Herb Olsen pitches Green Mountain Care Board tools, global budgets and a universal primary care pilot to control costs
Summary
Representative Herb Olsen presented multiple health proposals: reforms to the Green Mountain Care Board to give it new regulatory tools, optional global budgets or reference‑based pricing, and a universal primary care funding mechanism that pools payer dollars to provide steady practice revenue and strengthen primary‑care access.
Representative Herb Olsen presented two broad packages of health proposals intended to address long‑term health care inflation and primary care access. Olsen described one bill (2 40 5) that would give the Green Mountain Care Board a “menu” of regulatory tools — including cost‑based methodologies, global budgets and reference‑based pricing — to better regulate hospitals and health networks.
Olsen argued…
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