MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Senate has passed a bill designed to put the state on a path toward a universal, single-payer health care system.
The bill gained final Senate approval Tuesday on a vote of 21-9 and now moves to a conference committee where lawmakers will try to work out differences between the House and Senate versions.
Key differences include the Senate's insertion of a series of thresholds that must be met before the state can set up its publicly financed system, to be called Green Mountain Care.
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Those thresholds include making sure the new system will give Vermont a health care cost growth rate lower than the national rate.
Gov. Peter Shumlin says he's very happy with passage of the legislation and looks forward to signing it.
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