Business lobbyists are turning up the heat on the administration of Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin to detail the costs of the governor's ambitious health insurance plan, now that three possible benefit packages have been made public.
"You should be as transparent as you can so that we can understand the changes that may be coming," said Jim Harrison, president of the 600-member Vermont Grocers' Association. "Give people some estimates now."
Meanwhile, a House committee voted Thursday to support a bill to begin implementing the health care agenda passed in broad outline last year. It still must be voted on by the full House and then the Senate.
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The bill approved by the House Health Care Committee would require that all Vermont individual health insurance subscribers and all employers with 50 or fewer employees get insurance through the exchange. Those smaller employers would not be required to offer insurance to their workers. The requirement would take effect in January 2014.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57380211/vt-health-bill-builds-risk-pool-limits-choice/
Hat tip: CBS News
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