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Vermont’s Healthcare Rationing Crisis | Burlington News
Vermont’s Green Mountain Care Board just slammed the brakes on a $94.5 million hospital revenue request for FY26, hitting UVM Health hardest — and the fallout is real: a $130M outpatient surgery center is on hold, forcing Vermonters to wait longer for critical procedures. The board’s argument? UVM may be funneling state funds to out-of-state hospitals, and they’re demanding cuts to admin costs and exec pay before protecting patient care. But here’s the catch: centralizing control without boosting capacity just turns cost-cutting into rationing — a pattern seen in Canada, where universal care…
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