Letters

St Albans Messenger: Access to basic primary health care is something that many people don’t have (almost 1/3 of Vermonters have no insurance or are underinsured). Many policies have very large deductibles. This means that people must pay the full cost of an office visit to treat a common infection or other simple problem. Many who […]

VTDigger: Editor’s note: This commentary is by Walter Carpenter, a writer who lives in Montpelier and who has been active in the health care reform movement for many years after a severe medical crisis put him up against the private insurance industry. Although the governor put single-payer on hold, this does not mean Vermont cannot […]

Stowe Today On Jan. 23, 2014, my wife, Jeanette, died of cancer. She was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer back in 2008. We were fortunate to have comprehensive health insurance at the time, and Jeanette responded well to treatment. Her cancer went into remission, and everything was great. Then 15 months ago Jeanette came down […]

Rutland Herald The League of Women Voters of Vermont supports companion bills, H.207 and H.88, which provide for publicly funded primary health care for all Vermonters. Primary care is the most important step in maintaining a healthy population by treating routine medical problems and identifying more serious conditions before they become difficult and expensive to […]

 Times Argus:  Rep. Don Turner, R-Milton, in his commentary “Toward health care repairs” (Feb. 20) offers no fix on our health care mess except to criticize what others have had the courage to try. This is easy. Unfortunately, he offers nothing in the way of fixing them except a vague promise and some snappy phrases. […]

Rutland Herald: Two new bills, H.207 and S.88, are being submitted for consideration of the Vermont House and Senate that would cover all Vermonters for primary doctor visits starting in 2017. These bills have bipartisan support in the Senate and even tri-partisan support in the House and would go a long way in containing or even […]

Rutland Herald:  As a primary care physician in Vermont for 40 years I want to encourage Vermont’s Legislature to give thoughtful consideration to proposed bills (H.207/S.88) that advocate universal, publicly financed primary care. This approach to health care would give Vermonters easy and affordable access to primary care — the cornerstone of a health care […]

Seven Days: As presented by Single Provider? [January 21], the strategy of the newly rebranded University of Vermont Medical Center is clearly to develop political clout by consolidation, overgrowth and overemphasis on technology. According to CEO Brumsted, UVMMC is gaining scale to better position the hospital to respond to the ever-changing health care landscape. What […]

Caledonian Record: To the Editor:I want to apologize to the Caledonian Record before I start this letter. I normally do not laugh at the opinions of others, unless the opinion was meant to be taken that way. The editorial Deja Vu (Caledonian Record 02/05/15) did it. Deja Vu calls several New Hampshire law makers who […]

Rutland Herald: I write in support of the many Vermont citizens, elected officials and public servants who are working hard to create a health care system that will serve all Vermonters fairly and well. Can’t we Americans learn from people in other nations that are doing better? Here is my personal experience. A few years […]