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DVHA requests $1.26 billion for FY26 as caseload, Medicare-savings changes raise costs
Summary
Department of Vermont Health Access told the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 12 that its FY26 request totals roughly $1.26 billion, driven by a $46.1 million caseload and utilization increase and program changes including an expansion to Medicare Savings Programs that takes effect Jan. 2026.
The Department of Vermont Health Access asked the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 12 for a FY26 appropriation of about $1.2597 billion, citing an estimated $46.1 million increase for caseload and utilization across Medicaid programs and the partial-year cost of a congressionally enacted Medicaid policy change set to take effect in January 2026.
The budget presentation, delivered by Deshaun Burrows, commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, and Stephanie Barrett, the agency’s chief financial officer, said the $46.1 million caseload and utilization increase reflects consensus estimates developed with the Agency of Human Services central office, the Joint Fiscal Office and the Department of Financial Management. “That caseload and utilization is the result of the consensus process,” Burrows said during testimony.
Why it matters: the global-commitment Medicaid line is the largest part of the DVHA budget. Small percentage…
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