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Scott: Move Vermont healthcare policies back into the mainstream

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Today, Vermont families, workers and small businesses face some of the highest health insurance costs in America while having fewer affordable choices than people living in neighboring states. That experience has taught me an important lesson: Vermont gets much better policy when no single political philosophy dominates the debate. Although Governor…

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