rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-the-cuts-at-uvm-health-network?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-the-cuts-at-uvm-health-network' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> AFT Vermont https://actionnetwork.org/groups/united-professions-of-vermont https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg This week, the UVM Health Network (UVMHN) announced its plans to shutter many essential patient care services around the state, including mental health care, primary care clinics, and dialysis centers. The decision comes on the heels of the Green Mountain Care Board’s order to reign in administrative and managerial bloat, citing data that UVMHN ranks among the worst in the nation in these areas when compared with similarly sized health networks. The Board also directed hospitals to ramp up mental health and primary care services, in order to keep people out of Emergency Departments and reverse the rapidly increasing cost of healthcare in our state. The UVM Health Network is doing exactly the opposite. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-cuts-at-uvm-health-network