H.418
An act relating to establishing premium and cost-sharing assistance, a sugar-sweetened beverage tax, and a health care claims tax
Sponsors:
Location: House Committee on Ways and Means
Last Recorded Action: 3/1/2013 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
House Committee on Health Care
- Ray Bouffard, Owner, Georgia Market
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Frank Chaloupka, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
- Harry Chen, Commissioner, Department of Health
- John Cole, Pediatric Resident, Fletcher Allen Health Care
- Lindsay DesLauriers, Public Policy Associate, Voices for Vermont's Children
- Dr. Louis DiNicola, President, American Academy of Pediatrics, Vermont Chapter
- Scott Drenkard, Economist, Tax Foundation
- Steven Fortier, Executive Director, Meeting Waters YMCA
- Roberta Friedman, Director of Public Policy, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
- Eli Lesser Goldsmith, Owner, Healthy Living Natural Foods (So. Burlington)
- Susan Gretkowski, Lobbyist, MVP Healthcare
- Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Samuel Grover, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council
- Mike Hammond, Distributor, Pepsi Bottling Ventures, South Burlington
- Michael Jacobsen, Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Brandi Jagemann, Cancer Surviver, Montpelier
- Rachel Johnson PhD RD, Professor of Nutrition and Medicine, University of Vermont
- Lisa Katic, Registered Dietician (by phone)
- Jane Kolodinsky, Professor of Applied Economics, Community Development and Applied Economics Department, UVM
- Karen Lafayette, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Dave Larose, Distributor, Coca Cola
- Mark Larson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Stephen Leffler M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Fletcher Allen Health Care
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Andrew MacLean, , Beverage Association of Vermont
- Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Donald Milne, Clerk of the House
- Carolyn Murphy, Dentist, City of Montpelier
- Rep. Dave Sharpe, Sponsor, House Committee on Ways and Means
- Dave Simondinger, Owner, Champlain Farms
- William Sorrell, Vermont Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Peter Sterling, Executive Director, Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security
- Kelly Stoddard, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, American Cancer Society
- Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Pam Trag, Owner, Quality Market, Barre (3 pm)
- Anya Rader Wallack, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board
- Art Woolf, Northern Economic Consulting
- Tina Zuk, Coordinator, American Heart Association
House Committee on Ways and Means
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Rep. Michael Fisher, Sponsor
- Nolan Langweil, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Mark Larson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- William Little, Vice President, MVP Healthcare
- Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, Agency of Administration
- Kelly Stoddard, Director of Government Relations and Advocacy, American Cancer Society
- Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst: Revenue & Tax, Joint Fiscal Office
- Leigh Tofferi, Director of Government Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont