Vermont’s senior U.S. senator wants more transparency in government. Unfortunately, Vermont’s governor insists on less. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., introduced legislation earlier this week that ...

Vermont is the first state in the nation to require such transparency. When S.216 passed the House unanimously on April 26 , more than a dozen other states were considering similar laws, but none ...

Nearly two years ago, Vermont became the first state in the country to adopt a law requiring drug makers to justify price hikes for medicines. The move was greeted with cautious enthusiasm by ...

Vermont identified 10 drugs whose prices have soared, but the first report under a new law only summarizes’ companies explanations. ... But the transparency push has its limits, ...

Overall, list prices rose more than 50 percent during the past five fiscal years for nearly 6,500 drugs and more than 15 percent for about 1,900 drugs during the most recent fiscal year, ...