The article doesn't provide a lot of details, and "advocates" claim it does a better job than the Massachusetts bill, but a couple details seem to indicate it's another partial solution: 1. It doesn't cover all of the uninsured; 2. The new "Catamount Health" insurance plan will be sold by private companies.
Vt. politicians agree on health care bill
By ROSS SNEYD
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- As many as 25,000 Vermont residents who have no health insurance will be able to get it under a reform package agreed to Tuesday by Gov. Jim Douglas and legislative leaders.
The bill would extend health care coverage to as much as 96 percent of the state's population by 2010. Currently, slightly less than 90 percent of Vermonters have health insurance.
"This gets health insurance into the hands of Vermonters who don't have it," said House Speaker Gaye Symington. "It isn't just insurance. It's quality insurance." ...
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