Dear Mr. Hester: Thank you for the opportunity to comment. The process to select experts to design three versions of a health care system for all of Vermont has been exceptionally open and accessible and is most appreciated. I support Dr William Hsiao and his team to do the system design work. First of all, […]

By Ellen Oxfeld, VT for Single Payer Supporter, Middlebury In a recent legislative hearing at the state capital, representatives of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont said that their administrative costs were less than 10 percent of every dollar spent on health care.  So, why do single payer advocates say that our present health […]

By: Ethan Parke, VT for Single Payer, Supporter The federal health care legislation that is about to become law does more harm than good and should be scrapped. That is the position now taken by the Physicians for a National Health Program. It’s also the position of the executive director of the nation’s largest nurses’ […]