Letters

Caledonian Record To the Editor: Imagine for one minute that the repair shop to which you take your car has 2 mechanics who work on the cars, but 20 people who work in the office making appointments, creating work orders, et cetera. How much would it cost to get a simple tune up or oil […]

VTDigger I thank the chair of the Green Mountain Care Board, Owen Foster, and his fellow board members for subpoening OneCare on the matter of OneCare’s executive compensation. As Foster wrote in the subpoena, the accountable care organization’s attempts to “block transparency and regulatory review of how it utilizes Vermont taxpayer and insurance ratepayer funds […]

Seven Days To the Editor: Kevin McCallum’s article “Plan to Boost Legislators’ Pay and Offer Health Benefits Advances” [May 10] was interesting in that, for the first time in my 67 years, I agree with a member of the Republican Party. This was when McCallum quoted Rep. Mark Higley (R-Lowell): “I think the optics of […]

VTDigger It has been interesting to note how quickly various members of the Green Mountain Care Board, OneCare, and UVM Medical Center seem to dance around from one position to the next. Isn’t this a sort of conflict of interest? How can the organization that oversees the accountable care organization OneCare — that is the […]

VTDigger I read the commentary “Many people can’t afford to be state legislators” by Sens. Ruth Hardy, D-Addison, and Becca White, D-Windham, with interest. What was more interesting, however, was what these senators did not say in their commentary. I generally agree with S.39 and support it. Vermont legislators do deserve better financial remuneration. Our […]

Times Argus Many of our Vermont politicians seem to want to congratulate themselves in saying 95% of Vermonters have health insurance. However, closer examination would show many of these 95% have high deductible policies whose cost prohibits them from accessing primary health care their premiums should provide. These are the underinsured, of which there are […]

VTDigger Hospital executives make big, big salaries. Who pays them? We do. Insurance executives make big, big salaries. Who pays them? We do. Drug company executives make big, big salaries. Who pays them? We do. Drug companies and insurance companies and private equity owners of health care facilities make big profits. Where does that money […]

VTDigger I agree with Mr. Davis’s commentary on H.156. It certainly deserves to be taken off the wall and testimony from Vermonters needs to be heard. I disagree with his statement that there are not enough Vermonters who agree that we need single-payer publicly paid and privately delivered health care. As usual, the problem is […]

VTDigger Yes, I fully agree that state senators and Vermont House members need access to state employees’ health benefits. But so do all the rest of the Vermonters who are dealing with unaffordable private policies or no insurance at all. Continue reading  

St. Albans Messenger What used to be called “catastrophic” insurance has been rebranded as “high deductible” insurance. It used to be on the cheaper side because the insurance company’s liability didn’t kick in until you had already paid a large amount. While you were covered if something truly catastrophic happened, it encouraged you to avoid […]