Single payer: "Vermont to hire analyst for single payer design"

Vermont to hire analyst for single payer design
Associated Press
POSTED: 06/21/2014 11:54:54 AM EDT0 COMMENTS

MONTPELIER (AP) - The state of Vermont is planning to hire an analyst to help design a single-payer health care system and officials are narrowing the options that could be used to raise about $2 billion in public financing for the program.

Potential bidders for the single-payer contract include consultants from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Rand Corporation.

"There are three big things we're looking for," said administration official Michael Costa during a conference call with bidders earlier this month. "We're really looking for . how businesses and people pay for health care now, a behavioral response to proposed coverage and financing changes . and then once we see the impact of those changes, really being able to assess the economic impact of that behavioral response."

Bids were due Friday. It's hoped the firm can be working by July 1.

The administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin is working to develop a single-payer financing plan so it can be presented to lawmakers at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.




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