Morgan W. Brown: Vermont needs universal health care for all

Bennington Banner Earlier last month, after mentioning certain health care related matters and needs to my counseling therapist, they asked me about my going to a primary care physician in order to address these health issues of mine. When I informed them that I have not had a primary care doctor for several years, as […]

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Kelly Cummings: S.39 leaves a sour taste in my mouth

Brattleboro Reformer By Kelly Cummings With lightning speed. That’s how quickly S.39 — An Act relating to compensation and benefits for members of the Vermont General Assembly, including health insurance — passed in the Senate. It didn’t hang on the wall or get sent to another committee to die. There were no hearings or studies […]

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Health Care for Me, But Not for Thee

Vermont Political Observer Now that Crossover Day has come and gone, it’s now official: State lawmakers will consider giving themselves health care coverage but won’t consider the same for all the rest of us. On the Senate side, S.39 has emerged from the Government Operations Committee. It would significantly increase lawmakers’ pay from its current […]

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John Greenberg: OneCare ignores the problem: Health costs vastly exceed benefits

VTDigger This commentary is by John Greenberg, a resident of Marlboro. I’m struggling to understand Anya Rader-Wallack’s commentary about OneCare. Ms. Wallack states that the purpose of OneCare is to replace fee-for-service medicine, which, she argues “is, in large part, responsible for the unsustainable growth in health care costs in the U.S.” But is it? […]

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One-Care is Exacerbating the Problem

Brattleboro Reformer Ms. (Dr.?) Wallack states that the purpose of OneCare is to replace fee-for-service medicine, which she argues “is, in large part, responsible for the unsustainable growth in health care costs in the U.S.” But is it? If so, then why is Canadian medicine so much cheaper than ours, when it too relies on […]

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