Green Mountain Care Board briefs Appropriations on budget structure, reference‑based pricing and transformation funds

Feb 6, 2026

The Green Mountain Care Board told the Appropriations Committee it submitted no separate FY27 request (it met the governor’s recommendation), explained a roughly 40/60 general‑fund/bill‑back funding model, and discussed using federal transformation grants to build data infrastructure and pursue system changes like reference‑based pricing.

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Owen Foster, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, and Emily Brown, the board’s executive director, appeared before the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 5 to outline the board’s FY27 budget posture, funding sources, and ongoing system‑transformation work.

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