The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in March, 2010, requires that each state create a Health Benefits Exchange that offers residents of the state the means to compare information on available health benefit plans (including private insurance plans and state-sponsored plans such as Medicaid and Dr. Dynasaur), enroll in plans, and receive tax credits or public assistance, if eligible. In addition, the Exchange will approve “qualified health plans” to be offered on the Exchange, rate those plans based on quality, maintain a website and toll-free number, provide an online calculator for consumers to determine the amount of their tax credit, require insurance plans to justify rate increases, and contract for navigators to provide public education and help people enroll. The Exchange will also offer small businesses the opportunity to assist their employees in enrolling in health plans offered on the Exchange. Exchanges must be up and running by January 1, 2014.

Vermont’s Exchange will become the platform for Vermont’s single-payer health system.

Vermont was awarded federal planning grant funds of $1 million for Federal Fiscal Year 2011 (October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011).

This webpage will allow consumers, health care providers, employers, and other interested people to learn more about Vermont’s Exchange as the planning process unfolds.  Stay tuned!

NEW! Survey Shows 75% of Vermonters are Interested in an Online Resource to Compare and Purchase Health Insurance (04/10/12)

          Results from a Statewide Survey on the Health Benefit Exchange (Results of Survey conducted 03/17-03/25/2012)

          Vermonters Express High Interest in Using Health Benefit Exchange (Press Release dated 04/09/2012)

Advisory Group 

• Advisory Group Meeting Schedule 
• Advisory Group Members
• Minutes & Documents from Advisory Group Meetings

Documents 

• Proposed Exchange Design Progress Report (12/02/11)
• Essential Health Benefits: HHS Informational Bulletin Fact Sheet and HHS Secretary's Letter to Governors 12/16/11 (12/19/11)
•  Analysis of Basic Health Program Option Revised 11/28/11 (12/12/11)
• Analysis of Exchange Financial Functions Final Report 08/30/11 (10/14/11)
• Program Integration Activities Report 10/03/11 (10/14/11)
• Issues and Policies Around "Churning" in Health Insurance Plans (09/22/11)
• Stakeholder Study: Report on Underinsured Focus Groups (06/01/11)
• Stakeholder Study: Interviews with Insurance Brokers/Agents (06/01/11)
• Current Vermont Health Insurance Market Report (rev. 10/14/11) 

• Matrix of Exchange Functions (05/25/11)

• Stakeholder Study: Uninsured Focus Group Report (04/22/11) 
• Stakeholder Study: Non-profit Interviews Report (04/22/11) 
• Stakeholder Study: Small Business Survey Report (04/22/11) 

• Examination of State's Current Financial Systems (04/04/11)
• Roadmap to Exchange Design in Vermont (03/08/11)
• Uninsured and Underinsured Report (03/08/11)

 Level 1 Establishment Grant Application

• Project Abstract (10/14/11)
• Narrative (10/14/11)

Planning and Establishment Grant for the Affordable Care Act's Exchanges Quarterly Project Reports (Quarterly for Federal Fiscal Year)

• Quarter 1, October-December 2011
• Quarter 4, July - September, 2011
• Quarter 3, April - June, 2011
• Quarter 2, January - March, 2011
• Quarter 1 (09/30/10 - 12/31/10)

Vermont Comments on Proposed Federal Regulations 

• Vermont Comments on IRS Rules (11/16/11)
• Vermont Comments on Exchange Medicaid Rule CMS-2349-P (11/16/11)
• Vermont Comments on Exchange Rules CMS-9974-P (11/16/11)
• Vermont Comments on Exchange Rules CMS-9989-P  (11/16/11)

Please revisit this web site for additional information and updates.