Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced the committee members of the Green Mountain Care Board, the panel that will be in charge of setting up Vermont's single-payor healthcare system, according to an Associated Press/Boston Globe report.
Anya Rader Wallack, a healthcare policy specialist who has assisted the governor with the state's healthcare reform, will be the chairperson of the five-member board. The other four members of the committee are:
• Al Gobeille, a local restaurant owner who is also a board member of the Visiting Nurse Association.
• Karen Hein, MD, the former president of the William T. Grant Foundation.
• Con Hogan, the former secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services.
• Allan Ramsay, MD, a family physician.
The panel is slated to finish the task by 2014.
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Anya Rader Wallack, a healthcare policy specialist who has assisted the governor with the state's healthcare reform, will be the chairperson of the five-member board. The other four members of the committee are:
• Al Gobeille, a local restaurant owner who is also a board member of the Visiting Nurse Association.
• Karen Hein, MD, the former president of the William T. Grant Foundation.
• Con Hogan, the former secretary of the Vermont Agency of Human Services.
• Allan Ramsay, MD, a family physician.
The panel is slated to finish the task by 2014.
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