Letters

The Essex Reporter: My name is Jessica Moore. I live in Burlington and have lived in Vermont all my life. I became a nurse because I wanted to help people, but the real world of health care is far from what I thought it was. I see patients every day who are diagnosed with debilitating […]

Addison Independent: In the wake of the upcoming legislative session, and anticipation over the release of a financing package for a single-payer health care system in Vermont, many have asked why we need a publicly financed health care system in the first place. They wonder why we passed Act 48 in 2011, and ask if there […]

 Rutland Herald: Just a few days before the Nov. 4 election, a very misleading and untruthful campaign brochure was mailed to the constituents of some Rutland County legislative districts. It was designed to make Medicare recipients fear that their health benefits would be taken over by Gov. Shumlin’s health reform efforts and they might not be […]

Rutland Herald: Vermont needs to move forward with a health care system that provides all of the care we need and treats everyone equally. When I was 8 months old, I came down with grand mal seizures. Because of this, my dad needed to get a job to pay for the medications I would be on […]

Rutland Herald: In the next few months — maybe much longer — Vermonters will be discussing and debating the future of health care in Vermont. Will we stick with the current model of insurance-provided health care, or move to a “single-payer” plan as suggested by the Legislature in 2011 and supported by Gov. Peter Shumlin? In […]

Rutland Herald The League of Women Voters joined 15 other organizations in support of single-payer health care at a press conference at the State House recently. The League of Women Voters does not jump on bandwagons. We study an issue and come to member consensus before reaching an advocacy position. The LWVUS used that process […]

Rutland Herald As a young Vermonter who grew up in the Green Mountain State, I have long been proud of the ways in which our state has led the way on so many issues of human rights and dignity. As the 2015 legislative session comes ever nearer, it’s critical we move forward on our path […]

Rutland Herald When Professor Jonathan Gruber explained why the Affordable Care Act was worded in a confusing way, right-wing hypocrites had a field day trumpeting their outrage about lack of “transparency” and quoting his comment about “call it the stupidity of the American voter” without including his next words, “or whatever.” Here are the words […]

Addison Independent Valerie Mullin (“Deception used for single payer,” Nov. 27) gives your readers a wedgie. Republicans usually appeal to voters’ fears and resentments to drive a wedge between them and their good judgment on issues affecting them. Ever since Ronald Reagan kicked off his first presidential campaign in the podunk town of Philadelphia, Miss. […]

Rutland Herald I find Rob Roper’s commentary on Jonathan Gruber to be nothing more than a political scapegoating process to cynically confuse Vermonters. Jonathan Gruber has certainly said some offensive and insulting things that clearly point out his cynical view of some of the processes and techniques used to draft legislation. We all dislike this, […]