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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Vermont Newsletter for 2026-01-13 ( 9 items )  
Attorney General Clark Releases Top 10 Scams of 2025 (10)
MONTPELIER, Vermont, Jan. 12 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release: * * * Attorney General Clark Releases Top 10 Scams of 2025 * Debt Collection and SNAP Scams Join Top Fraud Threats Facing Vermonters Vermonters made a total of 3,982 scam reports to the Attorney General's Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) in 2025 - an increase of 12% over the previous year. Leading the list for the fifth consecutive year was the "Computer Tech Support" scam, totaling m more PR

Barrasso Leads Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Genetic Counseling (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Leads Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Genetic Counseling * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) recently introduced bipartisan legislation, the Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act, to expand Medicare coverage of genetic counseling services and improve access for seniors nationwide. Ge more PR

Capital Research Center: Business Model of the Abortion Industrial Complex (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Jan. 12, 2026: * * * The business model of the abortion industrial complex Planned Parenthood's roots trace back to birth control--with an ugly side of eugenics and population control. Today, it's in the abortion business, with a well-funded supporting cast. And business is booming. By Kali Fontanilla In 1961, in his Farewell Address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted the fusion of the military esta more PR

Capito Joins Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Genetic Counseling (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Joins Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Genetic Counseling * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) in introducing the bipartisan Access to Genetic Counselor Service Act, legislation to expand Medicare coverage of genetic counseling servi more PR

Marketplace 2026 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Marketplace 2026 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that 22.8 million consumers have signed up for 2026 individual market health insurance coverage through the Marketplaces since the start of the 2026 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period (OEP) on November 1 more PR

Sanders Statement: Trump's Persecution of Jerome Powell and Political Opponents Must End (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2026: * * * Sanders Statement: Trump's Persecution of Jerome Powell and Political Opponents Must End Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today released the following statement regarding the Trump administration's investigations into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Trump's political opponents: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is a conservative Republican. I voted against his nominatio more PR

Walmart to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Walmart to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit * Retailer settles federal suit charging its Farmingdale store refused to accommodate employee's disability and fired her NEW YORK - Global retailer Walmart will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency  more PR

Welch, Barrasso Lead Bipartisan Effort to Expand Access to Genetic Counselor Services (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Barrasso Lead Bipartisan Effort to Expand Access to Genetic Counselor Services * WASHING TON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), alongside Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), reintroduced the Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act, bipartisan legislation to expand Medicare coverage of genetic counseling services and improve acce more PR

What They Are Saying: Momentum Builds for Marshall's Patients Deserve Price Tags Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Momentum Builds for Marshall's Patients Deserve Price Tags Act * Washington - Momentum continues to grow for Senators Marshall and Hickenlooper's Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, as patient advocates, economists, and lawmakers across the country call for transparency in healthcare. The bill stands now with 18 Senators sponsoring the legislation from both sides of the aisle.  more PR