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Vermonters pay the highest prices nationwide for individual health coverage:
Vermont consistently ranks among the healthiest states, and its unemployment and uninsured rates are among the lowest. Yet Vermonters pay the highest prices nationwideopens in a new tab or window for individual health coverage, and state reports show its providers and insurers are in financial trouble. Nine of the state's 14 hospitals are losing moneyopens in a new tab or window, and the state's largest insurer is struggling to remain solvent. Long waitsopens in a new tab or window for care have become increasingly common, according to state reports and interviews with residents and industry officials.Vermont for years has had the highest monthly Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums in the country, and the gap is widening.
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