Post by Logan on Apr 9, 2016 19:23:24 GMT -6
MONTPELIER — The Vermont House overwhelmingly voted to fund an independent review of Vermont Health Connect Wednesday, appeasing minority Republicans who have been clamoring for an in-depth study to help determine the future of the online insurance marketplace.
By a vote of 136 to 5, the House approved an amendment to an unrelated housing bill that appropriates $400,000 for the review. The House Appropriations Committee included language in the 2017 fiscal year state budget it has already passed calling for the study, but did not include funding — angering some Republicans.
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Mitzi Johnson, D-South Hero, and House Health Care Committee Chairman Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg, promised to find the funding. Johnson told her colleagues Wednesday that the promise was kept.
“Timing was the driving issue here,” Johnson said on the House floor Tuesday. “I very much appreciate the body’s trust and patience.”
Read more: www.rutlandherald.com/article/20160407/NEWS03/160409650
By a vote of 136 to 5, the House approved an amendment to an unrelated housing bill that appropriates $400,000 for the review. The House Appropriations Committee included language in the 2017 fiscal year state budget it has already passed calling for the study, but did not include funding — angering some Republicans.
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Mitzi Johnson, D-South Hero, and House Health Care Committee Chairman Bill Lippert, D-Hinesburg, promised to find the funding. Johnson told her colleagues Wednesday that the promise was kept.
“Timing was the driving issue here,” Johnson said on the House floor Tuesday. “I very much appreciate the body’s trust and patience.”
Read more: www.rutlandherald.com/article/20160407/NEWS03/160409650