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Legislators press AHS on primary care losses and short‑term access for rural patients
Summary
Legislators raised concerns about recent primary care clinic closures (Bellows Falls and Waitsfield area), transportation barriers and short‑term steps to maintain access; AHS officials discussed workforce causes, planned investments and Medicaid transportation supports.
Legislators asked Agency of Human Services officials on Jan. 29 what short‑term steps the state can take after two primary care practices closed or announced closures in rural communities.
A legislator noted a clinic closure in Bellows Falls and another in the Waitsfield area and asked what the agency can do to protect primary‑care access in the near term. Secretary Jenny Samuelson said workforce shortages—not payment levels—were driving the closures in those…
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