Vermont Public Radio reports that according to Jim Leddy, the president of AARP in Vermont and a former state senator, "A new survey indicates that the number of under-insured people in the state is growing at an alarming rate." The study surveyed 400 small businesses in Vermont and found that "40% of small businesses in the state don't offer their employees any health insurance coverage"; "roughly half of the businesses that do [offer health insurance] have switched to high deductible plans"; and "paying for health care insurance has become a major financial burden for many of these [small] companies." In response, Leddy hopes that his organization can "mobilize the state's small business community to convince lawmakers next winter to expand Catamount Health Care to allow these businesses to join the program."

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