About 70,000 children in
Vermont are on some type of Medicaid, according to the Department of
Vermont Health Access. Nearly 63,000 of those kids qualify for Medicaid because their parents have low incomes.
When the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid to more lower-middle income people, the law also bumped up reimbursement rates, largely to family doctors and pediatricians who serve many enrollees. The higher rates lasted from Jan. 1, 2013 to Dec.