Vermont Health Insurance
Vermont’s health status
Excellent news for the residents of Vermont: when it comes to health, there is no place better in the United States. For the second year in a row, Vermont has been named the healthiest state in the US by the United Health Foundation and its list, America’s Health Ranking. Vermont has worked consistently for the past 10 years to improve its health status, and the hard work of the residents and state officials has definitely paid off. Its incredible to see how ten years ago, this state was at an all-time-low rank of 22, but ever since it has been improving, being now the best in the nation.
Some of the key factors that make Vermont the healthiest place to live in the US are its low percentage of children in poverty (although increasing 2% in the past year, at only 10.9% of persons under age 18 living in poverty, it’s still the 4th lowest in the nation), its very low prevalence of obesity with 21.9% of its population obese, a great rate of high school graduation with 86.5 percent of incoming ninth graders who graduate within four years (fourth in the nation), and ready access to primary care with 165.1 primary care physicians per 100,000 population. Vermont ranks higher for health determinants than for health outcomes, indicating that overall healthiness should remain high over time.
There is really little to do to improve Vermont’s health even more, as it’s almost as best as it can possibly be. Out of the 22 measures that the United Health Foundation uses to compare and rank the health status between states, only two are above the country’s average, and should be lowered: the high prevalence of binge drinking at 21.9 percent of the population and moderate immunization coverage with 79.8 percent of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving complete immunizations. Some measures might not be as good as compared to last year, but overall, most of them are excellent when compared with the measures nation-wide.
When it comes to health, things are as good as they get for Vermont. Excellent public health funding, one of the best rates of primary care physicians and one of the lowest preventable hospitalizations within the country are some of the reasons why living in Vermont is beneficial for your health. The overall lifestyle of Vermont residents is extremely healthy, and the system works very well as well.
Vermont health insurance information
Vermont has it all: having an efficient health care system, and good public health funding makes the percentage of residents with Health Insurance coverage high, with 89.3% of the Vermont residents having health insurance, and only 10.7% of residents lacking it. Public Health funding and primary health care are strong in this country, which is shown by the good adequacy and efficiency, and accessibility. The percentage of employers offering health insurance to employees is good, with 56.8% percent of employers offering health Insurance plans. This percentage has been steadily increasing as well since 2003. About 71.3% of workers take the Health Insurance plans offered by their employers.
Vermont is in excellent shape when it comes to health, in part thanks to the strong public health funding per capita and the excellent rate of primary care physicians for the population, with over 165 physicians per 100,000 population. When it comes to health, Vermont is as good as it gets. The percentage of the Vermont population that could get medical care when needed is great at 90.2 %. The patients served by FQHCs as a percent of population under 200% FPL stands at 39.2%.
If coverage has been denied for you, there are still some options you can check:
Best health plans in Vermont
The prestigious US News ranks yearly the best Health Plans in the country, polling and evaluating consumer assessment, prevention, and treatment offered by all plans. They gather information and rank the results, nation-wide and state-wide, showing on their results the best plans available for Vermont as well. The Rankings reflect results of consumer surveys and success in preventing and treating illness compared with average health plan.
Not only they rank Commercial Plans, they also rank Medicare or Medicaid plans, covering and evaluating as many plans as possible. If you want to browse their list of best-of, please go to the US News Health Plans Search site.
Get involved
If you are concerned about Vermont’s health care issues and want to speak out, your safest bet is to contact your federal official, either via phone or fax. Postal Mail is not recommended, since it takes too long, and e-mail might not be seen. Also, make sure you communicate with the right Member of the Senate and/or Congress.
If you want more guidance and tips on how to contact and communicate with your representatives, there are various sites on the internet that can help on how to contact your elected officials.
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| Contact the White House PHONE: toll free 1-800-671-7887 (ask for the Comment Line) State officials:
Official Vermont health insurance information
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