The Vermont Health Care Act of 2006 aims to provide quality and affordable healthcare to all Vermonters by establishing the Catamount Health Care Plan, which consolidates the uninsured into a single eligible group. The plan provides subsidies for low-income individuals and establishes the Blueprint for Health to manage chronic disease and reduce hospitalizations. Employers who fail to provide coverage at specified levels are required to pay penalties. The plan is not a publicly-managed health insurance system but offers coverage through private insurers. Eligibility criteria include being uninsured for the previous 12 months, earning below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level, and having coverage that does not include both physician visits and hospital services. Benefits include primary, preventive, chronic, acute episodic, and hospital care with deductibles ranging from $250-$500, co-insurance of 20%, office co-pays of $10, drug co-pays of $10/30/50.
