Vermont news from FierceHealthcare
NewsChallenges await Vermont after its single-payer leap
The sky over the Vermont capital of Montpelier on May 26 may have been dark, stormy, and threatening, but the feelings below on the steps of the State House seemed upbeat as Gov. Peter Shumlin (D-VT) Read more...
Another state considers single-payer health system
Like Vermont, lawmakers in California are now considering legislation that would create a single-payer system, reports the Merced Sun-Star. The California Universal Healthcare Act, authored by Sen. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Ban on hospital advertising proposed
Some lawmakers in Vermont don't think that advertising is the best way for hospitals to spend their money, and are looking to ban the practice. State House Health Care Committee Chairman Steve Maier Read more...
Vermont enacts tough rules on physician gifts from pharmas
Backed by the state's medical society, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R) has signed a bill that gives the state some of the toughest controls in the country on financial relationships between doctors and Read more...
VT may toughen pharma regulations; Study says tight privacy laws slow EMR adoption;
> Vermont already requires drugmakers to list payments made to physicians, by dollar amounts. Now, lawmakers are looking to close a loophole that allows pharmas to keep some payments private by Read more...
Supreme Court to consider 'pre-emption' for drug companies
Diane Levine, who lost part of her right arm after a medical mistake, was awarded $6 million by a Vermont jury in her suit against Wyeth. In her case, she contended that the catastrophe that took Read more...
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