Public Comment & Public Record Information
Public Comments are Public Records: All public comments received by the Green Mountain Care Board, whether posted to the Board’s website or sent only to Board members/staff, are “public records” under Vermont law. This means that, absent a specific exemption under state law, any member of the public may access the Board’s public comments by submitting a public records request.
Posting of Public Comments: The Board will not post public comments on its website where it determines, in its discretion, that the comment contains inappropriate or offensive language.
Please contact Kristen LaJeunesse if you have any questions regarding public comments.
How to Submit a Public Comment
You may submit a comment to the Board at any time by filling out our Public Comment Form.
Ongoing Special Comment Periods
While GMCB accepts public comments at any time, we also conduct Special Comment Periods. Special Comment Periods are about specific, current topics before the Board and have a submission deadline. Special comments are reviewed by Board members prior to scheduled votes and, with permission from the submitter, are posted to our website below. Special comments submitted after the deadline may not be posted online but will always be forwarded to the Board.
- The Board is accepting public comment on its review of health insurance rates. Comments will be accepted until July 29, 2024 and posted to our Rate Review website.
- Vermont Medical Society and Health First
- Alex LeClair
- Amanda Carlson (05/19/2024)
- Amanda Carlson (07/13/2024)
- Andrea Gilbert
- Anya Gendal
- Betsy Stanford
- Carolyn Herz
- Common Good Vermont
- Doug Safford
- Douglas Keleher
- Eliza Cain
- Estelle LeClair (07/13/2024)
- Estelle LeClair (07/23/2024)
- Jessi J
- Joan Alexander
- Laura McCaffrey
- Matthew LeFleur
- Pauline Migneault
- Rebecca Rueter
- Sharon Gutwin
- Steven Karcher
- Weiwei Wang
- The second round of community engagement to support hospital transformation is currently underway. The Board is accepting public comment on this work. Comments can be submitted via our Public Comment Form.
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The Board continues to encourage its advisory committees and the public to provide written comment to inform a potential future All Payer Model Agreement with the State of Vermont (Governor, AHS, and GMCB) and CMS. Special comments can be submitted at any time and are shared with the All-Payer Model Signatories: the Governor's Office, the Agency of Human Services, and the Green Mountain Care Board.
- Elizabeth Hunt, MD, FAAP
- Julie Wasserman, Chip Conquest, Patrick Flood, Fay Homan, Mark Hage, Bill Schubart, Deb Snell
- Julie Wasserman, MPH
- Julie Wasserman, MPH (02/05/2024)
- Ellen Oxfeld
- Dick Dundas
- Vermont Health Care Advocate
- Walter Carpenter
- Marvin Malek, MD MPH
- An Open Letter to Vermont Lawmakers regarding AHEAD
- Mary Alice Bisbee
- Patrick Flood
- Vermont Health Care Advocate
- Ellen Schwartz
- William Young
- Sharon Gutwin
- Health First
- VMS, the American Academy of Pediatrics-VT Chapter, and Vermont Academy of Family Physicians
- David Schneider
- Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Services, VAHHS
- Mark Hage, Julie Wasserman, Patrick Flood
- BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont
Previous Special Comment Periods