Health Care

Vermont will test new health system with Medicaid patients

About 30,000 of Vermont's Medicaid patients will take part in a pilot project that will test a new health care payment system designed to reward providers for keeping patients healthy, rather than paying them to cure people who are already sick, Gov. Phil Scott said Wednesday.

States With Highest Levels of Uninsured in 2012

With the launch of the long-awaited health insurance exchanges, here’s a look at the states with the most uninsured residents.  As of yesterday's rollout, 2.8 million people had visited the healthcare.gov website, said Medicare administrator Marilyn Tavenner.