Letters

Times Argus I am very upset that people think that the narrow vote for Shumlin is a vote against single payer. It might be a vote against the present health care system (or lack thereof) but I do not see it as a vote against single payer. Single payer and the present system have nothing […]

Time Argus In his recent op-ed decrying rising health care costs, Don George says Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont is a nonprofit whose guiding principle is “putting Vermonters first.” Oops. He forgot to mention that his predecessor took a $7.9 million bonus when he left. To put that in perspective, for my current $1,240 […]

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 Governor Shumlin’s health reform efforts and they might not […]

Addison Independent Recent letters and news stories have expressed the fear that a Vermont based single-payer system would be a threat to Medicare. This is simply untrue and here is why. The law that set Vermont on the path to single payer specifies on its very first page that Green Mountain Care will cover all […]

Addison Independent My name is Suzanne Boyle. I am retired now and have Medicare plus a Supplemental Health Insurance Plan — USAA, a nonprofit healthcare plan. However, it wasn’t always this simple. I lived 30 years in Connecticut, raising three children as a single parent, working at Cigna Insurance, attending night college courses for nine […]

Valley News There seems to be a growing trend of Democratic politicians in Vermont preparing the ground rhetorically for a retreat from the state’s commitment to true universal health care. I first noticed this at the People’s Forum on Human Rights and the Economy held in Hartford on Oct. 16, where several Windsor County politicians […]

Rutland Herald Re: Keith Stern’s “Failings of Obamacare” (Rutland Herald, Oct. 18): Vermont Health Connect’s “bronze plan” has the cheapest monthly premium and a $6,000 deductible. To understand its true cost, you have to add $500 a month to the premium. The bronze plan is most likely to be chosen by the young, who are […]

Rutland Herald Recent letters have expressed the fear that a Vermont-based single-payer system would be a threat to Medicare. This is simply untrue and here is why. The law which set Vermont on the path to single payer specifies on its very first page that Green Mountain Care will cover all Vermonters “regardless of income, […]

Rutland Herald The perspective of the officials of Southwest Vermont Health Care may appear to be neutral in its point of view, but it is anything but. The writers state the three principles of health reform, which must be adhered to: universal coverage, based on a person’s ability to pay and having the right to […]

Times Argus The recent article in The Times Argus concerning security shortcomings of the Vermont Health Connect exchange website should, if nothing else, point out the need for the future Green Mountain Care’s single payer/universal heath care plan. Instead of having to submit a complex application with personal financial information, single payer health care would […]