House Health Care - 2026-01-16 - 10:30AM

House Committee on Health Care · January 17, 2026

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Call to order and agenda

Announcement

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Committee chair opened the meeting, named the panel 'HouseHealthcare', and said the days topic is hospitals and hospital budgets (announced by the chair).

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Speakers:Unidentified Chair (Moderator)

House Committee on Health Care heard a presentation from Green Mountain Care Board staff on changes to hospital budget review: moving to more frequent reporting, differentiated benchmarks by hospital type, and implementing reference-based pricing under Act 68. UVM Medical Center President Steve Leffler testified about steep commercial rate reductions, operational responses and plans to protect quality and access.

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