Gilbert: Health care bill creates the framework for a transparent reform effort
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Rep. Gary Gilbert, D-Fairfax/Georgia. He is a member of the House Education Committee. H.202 is a cautious step to combat the rapid rise of health care cost for Vermonters and not the great leap that some have suggested. Education cost increases have received a great deal of attention over [...]
Dems claim victory; GOP calls health care bill an “empty shell”
The only point on which the right and left agreed is the indisputable fact that health care costs are rising too quickly, at a rate of $1 million a day.
Keller: The devil in the details: $100 million — not $500 m — in net savings from Hsiao proposal
A helpful FAQ has been posted for the Hsiao report, and it brings some key features into high relief. In particular: FAQ #6: “How do you use the savings?”
Gov. Shumlin makes statement on health care reform legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2011 CONTACT: Anya Rader Wallack 802-828-3333 Gov. Peter Shumlin made the following statement regarding today’s introduction of health care reform legislation: “The health care bill introduced today puts Vermont on the right path to controlling the high cost of health care, which is the biggest obstacle to creating jobs in [...]
On video: Doctors speak out in favor of single payer
About 40 Vermont medical practitioners came to the Statehouse on Thursday to tell stories about insurance companies obstructing their patients’ access to adequate care.
Richter: Health care reform isn't a plug and play system. Assembly is required.
The goal is to create a system of health care that acts as a public good, which in effect means it ensures all Vermonters high-quality, affordable health care.The same thing that has been talked about all along but toward which no practical steps were ever taken.
Richter: Health care reform isn’t a plug and play system. Assembly is required.
The goal is to create a system of health care that acts as a public good, which in effect means it ensures all Vermonters high-quality, affordable health care.The same thing that has been talked about all along but toward which no practical steps were ever taken.
Story + Video: Dean endorses Shumlin’s cut-now, pay-later strategy for health care
Gov. Peter Shumlin announced Thursday that he would look to cut health care costs first—then figure out how to pay for a single-payer plan for Vermont.
McClaughry: The liquid metal health care plan
Employers and individuals are relieved of the expense of premiums or deductibles. That’s a big plus. But $5 billion has to come from somewhere, and the single payer folks have a ready answer: taxes. The most common choice is, curiously, the payroll tax, which liberals regularly denounce because it’s not progressive.
VPIRG praises passage of S.88, health care reform bill
Statement of VPIRG Health Care Advocate Cassandra Gekas on the Passage S.88, An Act Relating to Health Care Financing and Universal Access to Health Care in Vermont. “S.88, a bill critical to Vermont’s health care reform efforts has now passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives. This bill marks an important step towards [...]
