Episode 44

Health care - we all need it. But can we all afford it?

December 15, 2023 (prerecorded 12/12): Vermont Health Care Advocate Mike Fisher discusses the cost of health care. What options do we have to lower costs? This conversation builds off of last week's discussion about education taxes.

The Vermont Office of the Health Care Advocate: https://vtlawhelp.org/health

Bills* H.118 and S.61 which Mike Fisher discussed: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2024/H.118

https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2024/S.61

*Note: H.118 and S.61 are the House and Senate versions of the same bill. They may not move through the chambers at the same time, however, so keep an eye on both.

Theme music by Red Heart the Ticker: http://rhtt.net

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.