VTDigger

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Walter Carpenter of Montpelier.

Mr. Randy Brock’s parable “You Can’t Get There from Here,” (VTDigger 09/04/14) is a fairy tale employing the stereotypical “old Vermonter at the country store” telling newcomers how they “can’t get there from here” in buying health insurance in Vermont. A striking irony about Mr. Brock’s parable is what has been omitted: The Old Vermonter is probably on Medicare, the publicly funded single-payer program for seniors. He or she no longer has to worry about purchasing health insurance. It is always there for them….continue to site