by Media Team | Apr 23, 2023 | News
Two VWC members were featured in this VTDigger story published on April 23rd—excerpt below. Photo Credit: Glenn Russell/VTDigger. Erin Kellar, 31, has lived most of her life with chronic disease and is careful to maintain insurance. But in 2020, knowing she would be...
by Media Team | Apr 12, 2023 | News
The biggest threat to Americans today isn’t from a foreign power. It’s from a long-running war on the poor by out of touch politicians and their Wall Street backers. The latest attack on working Americans even has a name: “The Unwinding.” If that sounds like the title...
by Media Team | Mar 30, 2023 | News
Montpelier—Vermont residents at risk of losing Medicaid are calling on lawmakers to protect them by fulfilling the promise of universal healthcare. Burlington resident Erin Kellar was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes during the pandemic. “Being insured with Medicaid...
by Media Team | Feb 11, 2023 | News
On Feb. 9th, the Burlington Free Press ran a story about the 29,000 people at risk of losing Medicaid in the coming year. Anders Aughey, a VWC member profiled for the article, was previously on Medicaid and is now on a Vermont Health Connect plan with a $224 monthly...
by Media Team | Feb 1, 2023 | News
VWC member Griffin Shumway was interviewed for a Feb. 1st Valley News story on the Medicaid cutoffs. Read the full story here; excerpts below. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Tens of thousands of residents in Vermont and New Hampshire could lose their health care coverage...
by Media Team | Jan 24, 2023 | News
VWC members Grace Beninson and Keith Brunner were interviewed today for a WCAX story on the Medicaid cutoffs. The story reads: “Medicaid coverage is just one piece of expanded pandemic aid that’s coming to an end. Funding for housing, food, telehealth, and other...
