A resolution urges lawmakers to pick up a bill that is unlikely to become law this session. Advocates hope it gets the ball rolling regardless.
About 18 months ago, Jack Mayer, Ellen Oxfeld and Michael Palmer began meeting in their local coffee shop to discuss ways that they, as concerned citizens, could improve the health care system in Vermont. They called themselves the Little Seeds, both for the Middlebury cafe where they congregated and for the movement they saw germinating.
With Town Meeting Day ahead on March 3, they are close to seeing the culmination of one of their first big efforts. At least eight Vermont Town Meeting Day agendas ask voters to urge statewide action on universal health care. Continue reading