Vermont for Single Payer

09/28/2025

Is it "Medically Necessary?"

09/28/2025

09/26/2025

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2025/jul/state-protections-against-medical-debt-look-policies-across-us?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_ad&utm_campaign=Controlling+Health+Care+Costs&hsa_acc=64490194&hsa_cam=6793950908862&hsa_grp=6793950909062&hsa_ad=6793978678662&hsa_src=fb&hsa_net=facebook&hsa_ver=3&utm_id=6793950908862&utm_content=6793978678662&utm_term=6793950909062&fbclid=IwY2xjawNDhZZleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAYv80GfPgEeJTg1Go4X5VBlbBU8D6r9EbDhemYqYh7p_gIS4Lip9TwtwKpsF1LVvPpgVdY_aem__iEWjzrYneiKORupG_h67Q

This report evaluates the current landscape of medical debt protections at the federal and state levels and identifies where they fall short.

09/26/2025

Hospital Operating margin year to date 2025 vs. 2024
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hospital-profitability-34-statistics-for-2025-so-far/?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&utm_content=newsletter&oly_enc_id=5766C9953223F2J
1. Overall: 4%
2. West: 9%
3. Midwest: 15%
4. South: 21%
5. Northeast / Mid-Atlantic: -6%
6. Great Plains: -7%
7. 0-25 beds: -1.7%
8. 26-99 beds: 10%
9. 100-199 beds: 28%
10. 200-299 beds: 4%
11. 300-499 beds: 31%
12. 500+ beds: 23%

Nonprofit hospitals are experiencing a markedly uneven financial landscape in 2025, with profitability trends diverging sharply by region and hospital size, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest “National Hospital Flash Report.” While overall operating margins are up 4% year to date compared to 2...

09/25/2025

I suspect that the only reason Health Care isn't the most expensive is that they combined Housing with Utilities,

09/24/2025

https://vermontforsinglepayer.org/images/userfiles/file/singlepayer_top10%5B1%5D.pdf
Healthcare Facts: Top 10 Reasons For Enacting a Single Payer Healthcare System
California Nurses Association

09/23/2025

Based on the benchmark Silver plan, loss of the enhanced ACA subsidies scheduled to end this year would have the following effects according to:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/30/2282631/-How-much-more-will-VERMONT-residents-have-to-pay-if-Republicans-let-improved-ACA-subsidies-expire
• A single 50-yr old earning $30,000/yr would go from paying $12 in premiums to between $105 - $142/month...up to 11x as much.
• A single parent earning $40,000/year would go from paying $11/month to between $135 - $185/month...up to 16x as much.
• A family of four earning $60,000/year would see their premiums jump from $10/month to between $195 - $270/month...up to 27x as much.
• A 64-yr old couple earning $90,000/yr would go from paying $638/mo to $2,724/mo...4x as much as they're paying today for the same policy.

Vermont has around ~32,000 residents enrolled in ACA exchange plans, 93% of whom are currently subsidized. I estimate they also have another ~2,000 unsubsidized off-exchange enrollees. Combined, that's ~35,000 people, although the official carrier rate...