Letters

 Valley News By: Anna Carey, M.D., Burlington, Vt. I never read “with amusement” issues of heath care in Vermont, as Gerald Mittica stated in his March 6 letter, “What Do Politicians Know?” Instead, I follow carefully the Legislature as it focuses on changes that are needed to make health care in Vermont available to every baby […]

Manchester JournalBy: Chuck Gregory, Springfield Representative Cynthia Browning (Reliable Investments in Health Care Reform, 3/16/14) writes, I am not sure we can afford the risk and uncertainty, the massive tax increases, and the system disruption of the state run single payer GMC. Ah, yes, the old affordability, the main reason why the US, with the world’s […]

Essex Reporter By: Trevor Madore, Colchester While details regarding the transition to a single-payer health care system remain, we cannot forget the benefits of these changes. The Vermont Republican State Committee resolved that Vermont’s health care exchange should be optional and provide more insurance options. While the traditional arguments of market-based health care are present, the […]

The Vermont Standard By: Kurt Staudter Once again our legislative leaders will set an arbitrary date to end the session that has little to no connection as to whether the work of the people is finished. They do this every year claiming that it costs so much for each week that they are in Montpelier; […]

Stowe TodayBy: Jerry Kilcourse, Montpelier In her recent commentary in the Stowe Reporter, “Single-payer system: an unhealthy choice” (Feb. 20), Heidi Scheuermann makes several comparisons and conclusions that at best mix up apples and oranges and at worst distort facts by glaring omissions.Dr. Bauman Some examples are: 1. The $2 billion cost of single payer […]

The Caledonian-Record – St. Johnsbury, VT By: Chuck Gregory Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once remarked of a Time magazine article critical of his government, People who don’t have anything to do with their hands pick their nose. People who don’t have anything to do with their mind read Time. The Caledonian-Record editorial board (Bumbling Worthy […]

The Caledonian-Record – St. Johnsbury, VT By: Martha Allen, of Canaan, is a K-12 school librarian who is president of Vermont-NEA Many people may have been surprised and a little curious about the announcement last week that Vermont-NEA was backing the move toward universal, publicly funded health care. After all, the thinking goes, members of […]

By: Walter Carpenter, Montpelier The letter Single payer promises by Mr. Rob Roper in the Bennington Banner (Feb. 13, 2014) is interesting for what it is missing, what it implies, and a falsehood which needs to be addressed. This is Mr. Roper’s little slam at single-payer advocates who yearn for unfettered and unlimited access to any […]

Deerfield Valley News By: Trevor Madore, Colchester While details regarding the transition to a single-payer health care system remain, we cannot forget the benefits of these changes. The Vermont Republican State Committee resolved that Vermont’s health care exchange should be optional and provide more insurance options. While the traditional arguments of market-based health care are […]

 By: Chuck Gregory, Springfield   Apparently Marty Post (“Disaster looms in health care,” Feb. 13) thinks he can win a debate if he walks in, hurls a plate of spaghetti carbonara against the wall and shouts, “There.”  He would have done better to substitute facts for pasta. 1) We are already started with Obamacare; it’s not […]