Editorials

Rutland HeraldGov. Peter Shumlin has said he will reveal details of the financing for his new single-payer health care proposal at the end of the month. His announcement will touch off a historic exercise in lawmaking, requiring his administration and the Legislature to negotiate the treacherous currents of policy and politics. Much hangs in the […]

Rutland Herald As the holiday season begins, we talk about caring and giving, yet I’m struck by how little “care” today’s health care system gives. As a mother of two kids, I’d do anything to make sure my kids are healthy, yet making sure everyone in my family has access to care has always been […]

VTDigger Editor’s note: This commentary is by Stephanie Hainley, who is a founding board member of Main Street Alliance of Vermont and past president of the Burlington Business & Professional Women. Is Vermont delivering on the promise of quality, affordable health care for women? Families depend on both men and women to make ends meet. […]

Rutland Herald Instead of renewing calls to work with the state’s educators to make our schools even better for our children, the Vermont School Boards Association has chosen chose to attack the men and women in Vermont’s classrooms. After many, many years of state-level collaboration between teachers and school boards, their statewide association now seems […]

Vermont Standard I believe that moving Vermont to a single payer system of health care will save us money, make us a better state and will improve the affordability that our businesses and individuals are faced with… It’s clear that on any issue there was a very clear message to this governor to listen, learn, […]

Rutland Herald Jonathan Gruber’s ill-advised, indefensible and arrogant language is just what Gov. Peter Shumlin does not need as he prepares to unveil plans for a long-awaited single-payer health care program that would be a pioneering step for the state and nation. Gruber is the economist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was captured […]

Rutland Herald Vermont’s unexpected election results have led to a lot of speculation among Vermonters and in the media. Many have asked whether this election should be interpreted as a reflection on Green Mountain Care, Vermont’s proposed universal, publicly financed, single-payer health care system. My response to this is: yes. The election results suggest we […]

Rutland Herald Panic may be too strong a word, but advocates of single-payer health care experienced a shock to their confidence last week when Gov. Peter Shumlin came close to defeat at the polls. Opponents of single payer, mainly Republicans, took heart, as if the vote represented a repudiation of Shumlin’s health care reforms. It […]

VTDigger Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Margaret Newton, MD, a retired physician who lives in West Brattleboro. Republican Rob Roper, president of Ethan Allen Institute, has been claiming that Vermont’s universal health care law, Act 48, and Gov. Shumlin intend to take over Medicare, to administer and alter it. Three years later, we need […]

Times Argus Is Vermont delivering on the promise of quality, affordable health care for women? Families depend on both men and women to make ends meet. Women across Vermont are leading households and supporting families. It’s critical to make sure that all women are getting the health care they need to lead healthy, prosperous lives. […]