Vote to adopt a conference report that establishes a publicly-funded health care system and health benefit exchange for Vermont residents.

-Primary care; -Preventive care; -Chronic care; -Acute episodic care; and -Hospital services.

-Oversee and evaluate the development and implementation of health care payment and delivery system changes; -Enhance the patient experience of care, including quality, access, and reliability; -Reduce or control the total cost of health services; -Recommend the Green Mountain Care benefit package and budget; and -Set "reasonable" rates for health care professionals, health care provider bargaining groups, manufacturers of prescribed medical products, and medical supply companies.

-Receipt of a federal waiver authorizing the state to suspend the operations of the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange; and -The Green Mountain Care Board makes a determination that certain conditions will be met including, but not limited to, the following:
-Green Mountain Care will not have a negative impact on the Vermont economy; -The rate of growth of Vermont's per-capita health care expenses will be reduced; -Each resident covered by Green Mountain Care will receive benefits that will cover at least 80 percent of the total average costs of covered benefits; and -Health care professionals will be reimbursed at levels that will allow the state to recruit and retain "high-quality" individuals.

-Those people who are not "qualified individuals"; -Medicaid beneficiaries, provided that their enrollment would not reduce their Medicaid benefits; -Medicare beneficiaries, provided that their enrollment would not reduce their Medicare benefits; -State and municipal employees; and -Injured employees, in lieu of medical benefits provided under workers' compensation laws.

-Creating a process for enrolling individuals in health benefit plans; -Collecting premium payments from employers and individuals; -Determining eligibility for and enrolling individuals in Medicaid; -Assigning a "quality and wellness rating" to each health plan offered through the exchange; and -Determining enrollee premiums and subsidies.

Vote to adopt a conference report that establishes a publicly-funded health care system and health benefit exchange for Vermont residents.

-Primary care; -Preventive care; -Chronic care; -Acute episodic care; and -Hospital services.

-Oversee and evaluate the development and implementation of health care payment and delivery system changes; -Enhance the patient experience of care, including quality, access, and reliability; -Reduce or control the total cost of health services; -Recommend the Green Mountain Care benefit package and budget; and -Set "reasonable" rates for health care professionals, health care provider bargaining groups, manufacturers of prescribed medical products, and medical supply companies.

-Receipt of a federal waiver authorizing the state to suspend the operations of the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange; and -The Green Mountain Care Board makes a determination that certain conditions will be met including, but not limited to, the following:
-Green Mountain Care will not have a negative impact on the Vermont economy; -The rate of growth of Vermont's per-capita health care expenses will be reduced; -Each resident covered by Green Mountain Care will receive benefits that will cover at least 80 percent of the total average costs of covered benefits; and -Health care professionals will be reimbursed at levels that will allow the state to recruit and retain "high-quality" individuals.

-Those people who are not "qualified individuals"; -Medicaid beneficiaries, provided that their enrollment would not reduce their Medicaid benefits; -Medicare beneficiaries, provided that their enrollment would not reduce their Medicare benefits; -State and municipal employees; and -Injured employees, in lieu of medical benefits provided under workers' compensation laws.

-Creating a process for enrolling individuals in health benefit plans; -Collecting premium payments from employers and individuals; -Determining eligibility for and enrolling individuals in Medicaid; -Assigning a "quality and wellness rating" to each health plan offered through the exchange; and -Determining enrollee premiums and subsidies.

Vote to adopt a conference report that establishes a publicly-funded health care system and health benefit exchange for Vermont residents.

-Enhance the patient experience of care, including quality, access, and reliability; -Reduce or control the total cost of health; and -Develop and approve payment pilot projects to manage total health care costs, improve health care outcomes, and provide a positive health care experience for patients and health care professionals.

-Enrolling individuals in qualified health benefit plans and ensuring that individuals may transfer coverage between qualified health benefit plans and other sources of coverage; -Determining eligibility for and enrolling individuals in Medicaid; -Assigning a quality and wellness rating to each qualified health plan offered through the exchange and determining each qualified health plan's level of coverage; -Determining enrollee premiums and subsidies.