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Lanton Law Podcast speaks with the Vermont Office of the Health Care Advocate

For this episode of the Lanton Law Podcast we interview Sam Peisch of the Vermont Office of the Health Care Advocate. We discuss the new Office of the Health Care Advocate within Vermont Legal Aid, healthcare challenges in the state as well as efforts to address healthcare inequity within at risk communities in Vermont.

Vermont Enacts New PBM Law

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed H. 353, a bill that several issues including patient steering, reimbursement transparency, spread pricing, and other PBM practices.

Oregon Proposes New Policy to Control Drug Prices

Drug prices have been fiercely debated in Congress and in various state capitols before COVID-19 brought everything to a halt. Vermont was the first state in the country to require pharmaceutical manufacturers to explain drug price increases. That initiative was followed by Maryland in 2019 as the state created its five member Prescription Drug Affordability Board to monitor prices. It seems now the attention is focused on Oregon.