Letters

Rutland Herald Apparently, real health care would be too un-American. The recent news that UVM Medical Center ER was so overwhelmed, patients were being urged to seek treatment elsewhere marks quite an accomplishment for Vermont. By creating a system of health care that now features incredibly long waits, and emergency rooms so overwhelmed they are […]

Times Argus Pointing out in his commentary “Health care costs” (Oct. 1) that Vermonters spent “an astonishing $7.95 billion on health care in 2020 — over $12,600 per person living in our state,” Mr. Andrew Garland proposes Vermonters should shop around to different hospitals and medical practices as a strategy to help lower these costs. […]

VTDigger Conservatives often use word games to trick voters into voting against their own interests. Take Medicare for All. Opponents point to the amount of money required to run the program and scream that it “costs” too much. They diligently avoid comparing that “cost” to the cost of the insane system we have now. Call […]

VTDigger In reading the recent opinion written by the VP of Client Relations at BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont suggesting price-shopping by patients, comments I have seen are “absurd” and “breathtaking.” Health care costs, the stranglehold of insurance companies and Big Pharma add to a broken system of health care in Vermont and throughout the country. […]

VTDigger To the Editor, The gubernatorial debate which I watched Wednesday night was very powerful and both candidates are to be applauded for a job well done! However, one question about health care and the state employees not wanting a Medicare Advantage plan for retirees showed the governor’s acceptance of the total privatization of Medicare […]

Brattleboro Reformer To the editor: The ongoing crisis in hospital budgets has the University of Vermont Health Network feuding with the Green Mountain Care Board. Both claim to be concerned with how their budget decisions will affect everyday Vermonters. The fact is that everyday Vermonters are once again getting the shaft regardless of which side […]

Caledonian Record To the Editor: The ongoing crisis in hospital budgets has the University of Vermont Health Network feuding with the Green Mountain Care Board. Both claim to be concerned with how their budget decisions will affect everyday Vermonters. The fact is that everyday Vermonters are once again getting the shaft regardless of which side […]

VTDigger To the Editor: Every indicator says we are rapidly approaching the implosion of health care in Vermont and probably the nation. The 2021 Vermont Household Health Insurance Survey indicates that 38% of Vermonters under age 65 are underinsured, as are 32.3% of those on Medicare. Since the Green Mountain Care Board has again approved […]

VTDigger Will you be able to afford double-digit rate increases of your health insurance in 2023? If not, please write to Governor Scott and your legislators! As reported in VTDigger, the Green Mountain Care Board voted Thursday for these double-digit increases for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont and MVP Health. “Enrollees who get their […]

Caledonian Record Kevin Mullin, chair of the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB), called our state’s health insurance premiums “unaffordable” in 2019.  Those premiums have since risen, and double digit-plus increases were just approved for both Blue Cross and MVP, making health care far more unaffordable. Our hospitals are requesting major increases in their budgets that […]