http://wamc.org en http://wamc.org/post/maine-nh-vt-form-disaster-medical-team <p>Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have formed a specialized disaster medical assistance team to respond to disasters in the region.</p><p>The 56-member team has expertise in emergency and wilderness medicine, toxicology, pharmacology, respiratory therapy, orthopedics and radiological protection, among other fields.</p><p>Dubbed NH-1, the team operates within the National Disaster Medical System and is overseen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.</p> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:16:40 +0000 Jaired Crofut 60879 at http://wamc.org Maine, NH, Vt., form disaster medical team http://wamc.org/post/vermont-health-exchange-gets-conditional-federal-ok <p>Vermont has won conditional federal approval for its plan to build a consumer-friendly health insurance marketplace, or exchange.<br><br>Vermont is now one of 17 states to have gotten word from a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that they are on track to have a health exchange ready for business by Oct. 1.<br><br>Robin Lunge, Gov. Peter Shumlin's director of health reform, says much work remains to get the exchange up and running.<br> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:35:00 +0000 Pat Bradley 55025 at http://wamc.org