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Phil Scott: “We have to transition to something else [from Vermont Health…”

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Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016

Published August 5, 2016 | Video Starts at 21:59

So I'd be looking for opportunities to do things differently and without, you know, without reducing the services needed. How about Vermont Health Connect? What's going to happen with that? We have to transition to something else [from Vermont Health Connect]. It's as simple as that. I know it was reported, it seemed like it was just reported that I said that I was, I don't remember the term, but I wasn't clear about what should be done. (21:59–22:02)

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Asserts the need to transition away from Vermont Health Connect to another system.

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“We have this population that's stagnant, 620, something,000 people.”
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“We've lost 30,000 people out of that category alone since the last census.”
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“There's less people working than there were seven years ago.”
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“What this legislature has done over the last six or seven years is present budgets that grow faster than the economy does.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 02:31-02:40
“I've advocated for looking back a year, taking a look at what the economy grows and what wages grow.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 03:01-03:09
“Start with the single payer health care provision.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 06:15-06:20
“When I start hearing about possibly a 15, 16, 17% payroll tax, I'm not sure what that's going to mean to me.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 06:57-07:07
“There was 240 hours that they came in to audit him and they found about $17,000 worth of penalties.”
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“Two years ago in that biennium there was 1200 and something bills were introduced in the legislative biennium.”
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“Out of the 1200 plus bills, there was about 30 of them that would have had a positive effect on the economy.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 09:51-09:56
“Out of the 30 about three pass.”
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“We have less people working than we did seven years ago.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 10:35-10:40
“The unemployment rate is great, you know, three point whatever percent unemployment rate.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 10:41-10:47
“When you think about the number of graduates from our colleges and universities right here in the state, about 10,000 a year.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 11:59-12:09
“One of them was maybe no income tax for those under 28.”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 12:54-13:01
“We have a captured audience of 10,000 [people we need to incentivize to stay].”
Gubernatorial Interview Phil Scott July 2016 | Uploaded August 5, 2016 | 16:05-16:10
“I think we do a terrible job in creating housing for our working class.”
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“The governor has a lot of power in setting the tone and the agenda.”
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“They received the news about a downgrade in revenues up to tune of $30 million.”
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“A third of our budget is spent on Medicaid.”
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“A third of our population is somehow enrolled in the Medicaid program.”
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“The administrative costs of Medicaid have risen about $100 million over the last six or seven years.”
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“The administrative costs of Medicaid far exceed any of the other, like Blue Cross, Blue Shield or any other entities.”
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“I've talked with Connecticut for quite some time. They have a system that does work.”
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