Cassandra Gekas, a Progressive and Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor this year, tells Seven Days she’s lined up a new gig at the Department of Vermont Health Access. She starts Monday as DVHA’s health access policy and planning chief.
“As I was thinking about what I wanted to do post-election, it’s really important that I’m doing work I care about and that’s going to make the most difference to the lives of Vermonters,” Gekas says. “For me, I’m going to miss the Statehouse, but for the time being I think it’s really important for me to focus my energies and skills on making sure we get to single-payer.”
Part of the Agency of Human Services, DVHA manages the state’s publicly funded health insurance programs. Led by former state representative Mark Larson, it’s charged with implementing the state’s health insurance exchange, which was mandated by the federal Affordable Care Act (That’s “Obama-care” to all you Fox Newsers).
Gekas will take the lead on policy research and analysis relating to the development of the exchange, according to a job description prepared by the department.
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Glad to hear that your campaign to get a job worked out for you, as hoped.
There is always room for one more at the public-sector trough in the State of Vermont…