Leahy: Repeal of the Affordable Care Act "a carefully staged show"
When you boil away the rhetoric, the alternative offered to the American people by advocates of repeal is this: Don’t get sick. This is a vote to turn back the clock to a time when, once again, women would have to pay more for health insurance than men, insurance companies could rescind a health insurance policy because someone gets sick, and coverage could forever be denied to someone born with a disease or ailment.
Leahy: Repeal of the Affordable Care Act “a carefully staged show”
When you boil away the rhetoric, the alternative offered to the American people by advocates of repeal is this: Don’t get sick. This is a vote to turn back the clock to a time when, once again, women would have to pay more for health insurance than men, insurance companies could rescind a health insurance policy because someone gets sick, and coverage could forever be denied to someone born with a disease or ailment.
Digger Tidbits: Health care reform redux; Reservation list made available; Gov ops goes digital; Thayer gets a reprieve
On Wednesday, Harvard health care economist Dr. William Hsiao will introduce his long-awaited blueprints for three different health care reform plans to lawmakers.
Doran: A health care bubble about to burst
The alarm grows more urgent year by year, and yet nothing close to the scope of the problem is attempted. Vermont has tried tiny corrections with tiny discernible effects, not all of them good. What now?
Forty congressmen sign on to health care amendments
Welch and his colleagues are calling for votes on the elimination of lifetime limits on care, coverage of individuals up to age 26 on their parents’ health care plans, banning discrimination against those with preexisting conditions and free preventive care for seniors. [Welch’s letter to his colleagues is copied below]
Health Care is a Human Right campaign to hold rally Jan. 5
The petition, to be delivered on the first day of the new session of the legislature, demands that Vermont adopt a healthcare system which meets human rights principles and leads the nation in the adoption of universal healthcare.
Truth Squad: Is Shumlin’s health care plan “unrealistic”?
The road to a single-payer system is fraught with political, legal, financial and logistical obstacles. Navigating past the problems would be no easy task – even for Shumlin who repeats the mantra — “I’m the guy who gets tough things done” – whenever the subject of health care comes up.
Markowitz launches HealthyVT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010 Contact: Paul Tencher, Campaign Manager 802-552-0822 Markowitz Plans to Cut Insurance Abuses, Reduce Health Care Costs HealthyVT starts with a commitment to seek a federal waiver to allow Vermont to implement health care for all; Short-term initiatives will crack down on insurance company abuses, help businesses and families; [...]
Why the May 1 health care rally is critical for young Vermonters
Millions of people in America refrain from seeking the care they need, when they need it, because they feel they cannot afford it.
Hoffer: Inaccurate anti-business screed doesn’t help solve Vermont’s economic development problems
Burton Snowboards can undoubtedly save money in Austria by NOT having to pay for America’s bloated health insurance.
