By, Deb Richter for Vermont for Single Payer
S.88 passed the House and the latest version of is headed back to the Senate and most likely to conference committee. Even though some interested groups have celebrated the passage by the House of this bill we have strong reservations. We are doing our best to bring them [...]
By, Deb Richter, Vermonter for Single Payer
This week S.88 passed out of the House Appropriations committee and now it heads to the House floor for a vote. As we have previously reported, this bill has been amended to include additional programs, and we are concerned that they will paralyze the process and distract us from the critical work of designing a fiscally responsible system to finance health care for all Vermonters. As we said in our last message, we do not support S.88 in its current form and we are asking you to contact your Representatives and encourage them to amend this bill to the version that passed the Senate.
Imagine you are going to buy a car; the first thing you need to do is figure out how you will finance it.
By, Dr. Deb Richter, Vt for Single Payer Supporter
A new version of S.88 passed out of the House Health & Welfare Committee yesterday. The strong, focused 21-page bill that we supported and were pleased to have pass out of the Senate has an additional 84-pages attached. While our organization has been focusing on systemic health care reform, the House Health Committee has been working on the Blueprint for Health and other delivery system changes and these are what they attached to S.88. This juncture of two bills, one we can support and one we must oppose, puts us in a difficult position.
By, Eric Lazarus, Single Payer Supporter, Burlington
We are fast approaching the end of the Vermont legislative session, and beginning a race for governor. This legislature seems to have a commitment to establish affordable universal healthcare in our state, but has been struggling in the process. We have heard a lot [...]