Voices has long been concerned with health disparities that are masked by Vermont’s relatively good record on providing health care.

Last year a bill to license dental practitioners, who could perform oral health services at a dentist’s discretion, was derailed, but lawmakers in the House and Senate have reintroduced it this year.

H.382 was introduced in 2009 and was referred to the Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Sarah Edwards (P-Brattleboro) , Rep. Paul Poirier  (I-Barre), and Rep. Michael Fisher (D-Lincoln). If H.382 became law:

This analysis looks at the effects Vermont’s health care policy decisions have on the “effective income” Vermont’s low-income working families.