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Author Archives: Liora Engel-Smith

Liora Engel-Smith covers health care for VTDigger. She previously covered rural health at NC Health News in North Carolina and the Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire. She also had been at the Muscatine Journal in rural Iowa. Engel-Smith has master's degrees in public health from Drexel University and journalism from Temple University. Before moving to journalism, she was a scientist who briefly worked in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Posted inHealth

As it seeks steep budget increases, Vermont’s largest hospital network suggests it could roll them back this fall

by Liora Engel-Smith August 19, 2022, 10:42 amAugust 19, 2022, 2:09 pm
Posted inHealth

Still desperate for baby formula, some Vermont parents turn to Facebook for supplies

by Liora Engel-Smith August 16, 2022, 5:06 pmAugust 16, 2022, 5:06 pm
Posted inGovernment & Politics

Hot races drive second-highest primary voter turnout in Vermont history

by Liora Engel-Smith August 10, 2022, 7:37 pmAugust 11, 2022, 10:16 am
Posted inHealth

Vermont Health Connect enrollees to pay hundreds more in premiums next year

by Liora Engel-Smith August 5, 2022, 3:03 pmAugust 5, 2022, 3:03 pm
Jessica Holmes
Posted inHealth

Health care regulatory board faces pivotal budget season with no leader

by Liora Engel-Smith August 5, 2022, 12:34 pmAugust 5, 2022, 1:37 pm
Posted inFranklin County, Health

What Vermonters need to know about monkeypox

by Liora Engel-Smith August 4, 2022, 6:44 pmAugust 4, 2022, 6:45 pm
Posted inHealth

Franklin County resident is Vermont’s first monkeypox case

by Liora Engel-Smith July 29, 2022, 3:46 pmJuly 29, 2022, 10:07 pm
Posted inHealth

Most Vermont hospitals enter this year’s budget season in the red

by Liora Engel-Smith July 28, 2022, 3:48 pmJuly 28, 2022, 3:49 pm
Posted inBennington County, Health

Covid wave this fall could derail next year’s hospital budgets

by Liora Engel-Smith July 14, 2022, 5:05 pmJuly 14, 2022, 5:05 pm
Posted inChittenden County, Health

Nurses union, UVM Medical Center reach tentative agreement

by Liora Engel-Smith July 7, 2022, 3:43 pmJuly 7, 2022, 3:43 pm
Posted inHealth

2nd-largest hospital in Vermont asks regulators for double-digit increase in charges

by Liora Engel-Smith July 6, 2022, 3:37 pmOctober 15, 2024, 11:05 am
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Posted inHealth

UVM Health Network requests double-digit rate increase, citing inflation and pandemic pressures 

by Liora Engel-Smith July 1, 2022, 10:56 amJuly 1, 2022, 2:20 pm
Posted inHealth

Feds extend Vermont’s Medicaid waiver program to help underinsured residents and boost Medicaid reimbursements

by Liora Engel-Smith July 1, 2022, 8:54 amJuly 1, 2022, 8:54 am
Posted inHealth

As Vermont begins vaccinating young children against Covid, some parents see possibilities

by Liora Engel-Smith June 24, 2022, 5:29 pmJune 25, 2022, 4:05 pm

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