House Health Care - 2026-05-08 - 10:40AM

House Health Care · May 9, 2026

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Opening remarks and removal of teacher-specific provision

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Chair opened the meeting, thanked staff (Jen Harvey) and said she removed a provision about teachers' health benefit language from the bill (previously in sections 4 and 4a) while keeping reference-based pricing language; emphasized the committee's goal of making Vermont health care more affordable and sustainable.

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House Health Care committee met May 8 to review a revised draft of S.190 that would implement reference-based pricing to reduce hospital prices, set transitional budget targets for FY27–29, and require transparency steps for critical access hospitals; the committee scheduled a vote at 1:00 p.m.

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