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Vermont Walks Away from AHEAD | Montpelier News
Vermont is pulling out of the AHEAD federal healthcare initiative, which promised up to $138 million in funding to revitalize struggling primary care — but after renegotiations, that number dropped to just $10 million, making the program unattractive and complex. The state had hoped AHEAD would fill the void left by the shuttered OneCare program, which previously distributed $25 million to providers using outcome-based payments — funding that now vanished without Medicare’s share. Though AHEAD didn’t deliver, a new five-year state plan offers temporary relief while Vermont races to build a…
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