The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 33 : Human Services
Chapter 018 : Public-Private Universal Health Care System
Subchapter 002 : GREEN MOUNTAIN CARE
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1821)-
§ 1821. Purpose
The purpose of Green Mountain Care is to provide, as a public good, comprehensive, affordable, high-quality, publicly financed health care coverage for all Vermont residents in a seamless and equitable manner regardless of income, assets, health status, or availability of other health coverage. Green Mountain Care shall contain costs by:
(1) providing incentives to residents to avoid preventable health conditions, promote health, and avoid unnecessary emergency room visits;
(2) establishing innovative payment mechanisms to health care professionals, such as global payments;
(3) encouraging the management of health services through the Blueprint for Health; and
(4) reducing unnecessary administrative expenditures. (Added 2011, No. 48, § 4.)
