House Committee on Health Care (Room 45)

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

9:00 AM

Health Insurance Market

Broad discussion of current issues: individual mandate, executive orders regarding health insurance. 9:00 AM-Noon. Witnesses TBA

• Robin Lunge, Board Member, Green Mountain Care Board
• Emily Brown, Insurance Rates & Forms Assistant Director, Department of Financial Regulation
• Agatha Kessler, Health Policy Director, Green Mountain Care Board
• Betsy Bishop, President, Vermont Chamber of Commerce
• Michael Fisher, Chief Advocate, Office of Health Care Advocate, Vt. Legal Aid

11:00 AM

S.19 - An act relating to allowing silver-level nonqualified health benefit plans to be offered outside the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange

Bill from Senate. Cost-sharing Reduction Proposal

• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
• Robin Lunge, Board Member, Green Mountain Care Board
• Michael Fisher, Chief Advocate, Office of Health Care Advocate, Vt. Legal Aid
• Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

Vermont Household Health Insurance Survey

Discussion, updates

• Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
• Sarah Lindberg, Health Services Researcher, Green Mountain Care Board
• Jessie Hammond, Vermont Department of Health

3:00 PM

TBA