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Problems Persist In Health Care Delivery
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Doctor Elliott Fisher, the new director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice talks with Vermont Edition about some of the inherent problems in how health care is delivered.VPR News
Legislative Preview: April 1, 2013
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It will be a lot quieter in the Statehouse this week. Over the past couple of weeks, the House and Senate spent many hours on the floor pushing priorities through one chamber or the other. Now it’s back to committees again and some of the issues may sound pretty familiar. The Senate Appropriations Committee tackles the budget, for one. And legislators will also deal with unfinished business from Town Meeting DayVPR News
‘Medical Home’ Provides Patient-Centered Approach To Care
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White River Family Practice in the Upper Valley is a patient-centered medical home, and it was recently awarded the highest level of certification by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Dr. Mark Nunlist is a physician there, and he explains what this approach looks like in action.VPR News
Vt. Supreme Court Hears Cases At VLS
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Vermont Law School professor, Cheryl Hanna, speaks with Vermont Edition about the oral arguments the Vermont court is hearing today at the Vermont Law School and the court’s tradition of hearing them out in a public venue.VPR News
Payments To Dairy Farmers Are Delayed
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Vermont dairy farmers won’t get payments on time from a federal milk pricing program. The payments are stalled due to wrangling over federal funding.VPR News
Monarch Butterfly Wintering Population At All Time Low
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Kent McFarland, conservation biologist with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, explains why the population of monarch butterflies at their wintering grounds in Mexico is at an all-time low.VPR News
Crossover Deadline Passed By Vt. Legislature
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VPR News Editor, Ross Sneyd talks with Vermont Edition about the "crossover deadline" in the Vermont Legislature, where all bills are supposed to be voted out of the committee where they originated.VPR News
Senate Judiciary Committee Hears Testimony On Gun Bills
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Patrick Leahy talks with Vermont Edition about the four gun bills the Senate Judiciary Committee he chairs is working on.VPR News