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fried eggs Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 08:05 AM
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Are private insurers being kicked out of Vermont?
Edited on Fri May-27-11 08:20 AM by fried eggs
What's going to happen to the private insurers who do business in Vermont?

### Never mind, I found an answer. The private companies will still be in the picture behind the scenes. I was hoping their plan would truly be single payer, but it doesn't appear to be.
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Bryn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 08:10 AM
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1. Maybe people who vote Republican will stay with them?
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 08:17 AM
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2. concentrate on screwing people in the other 49 states?
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 08:35 AM
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5. They'll claim they have to raise rates 100,000,000%
to compensate for lost monies from Vermont

Then the sensible media will tell us all it's all Vermont's fault insurance is so high.
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no limit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 08:20 AM
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3. If all goes to plan all insurances will be merged in to Green Mountain Care
If your concern is with jobs I would imagine most of the jobs will be moved as well since all those jobs will still be needed.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-27-11 08:23 AM
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4. no. but it will indeed be single payer
everything will be managed through Green Mountain Care- fees will be set and equalized between Medicare/Medicaid and the new entity. Private insurers are in the mix in several single pay systems in Europe and in Taiwan.
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