State Proposes Health Benefit Cut

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Here is the link to the piece:
 https://vtdigger.org/2018/02/04/state-proposes-health-benefit-cut/

From Vt Digger:
“The Department of Vermont Health Access wants to eliminate the state’s cost-sharing reduction benefit, which lowers deductibles and maximum out-of-pocket expenses for income-qualified residents who are buying silver-level health plans through Vermont Health Connect.

Cutting the state benefit for fiscal year 2019 could significantly drive up health care costs depending on a resident’s income and level of coverage: One plan’s deductible would nearly quadruple, while another deductible would double, according to state documents.”

Use these points to write letters/Tweets, etc.

• Eliminating the state’s cost-sharing reduction benefit and driving up health care costs is negligent and teems with incompetence.

• If the State needs to cut costs they need to take a good, hard look elsewhere.

• We cannot allow the GOP at any level – National, State, County, or Town – to erode the well-being of our friends, family members, and neighbors.

• Increasing the out-of-pocket healthcare costs of Vermont individuals and families is inhumane and ineffective 

• The benefit of saving $827,175 over 6 months by eliminating this cost-sharing benefit does not outweigh the harm it will do to the Vermonters enrolled in the program

• Scott is trying to take credit for fighting Trump’s subsidy cuts on one hand with the “silver solution” that the legislature just passed, while at the same time cutting those very subsidies. He should be ashamed of trying to have it both ways.