Letters

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 […]

 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 […]

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: Walter Carpenter, MontpelierRob Roper’s commentary “The single-payer cost nobody talks about” (Jan. 30) suggests that the universal, publicly-funded health care system Vermont is moving toward will need scores of supplements to work, adding millions more in costs from the need for wrap-around policies. This is not true.   Mr. Roper cites Medicare as an example […]

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 abuse […]

By: Ann Raynolds, Psy.D., Pomfret Gov. Peter Shumlin has been steadfast in his commitment to designing a universal health care system in our state, and he has huge support from Vermont providers and consumers. Michael Costa is the financial guru hired who, with a top flight team of experts in Montpelier, is designing several scenarios […]

By: Ellen Oxfeld, Middlebury In his guest editorial, “Single-payer questions” (Jan. 23), Emerson Lynn questions the feasibility of a single-payer system in Vermont. Several of his concerns must be addressed.Dr. Bauman Lynn points out that studies have estimated Vermont would have to raise between $1.6 billion and $2 billion in taxes to fund a single-payer system. […]

By: Chuck Gregory, Springfield  Clearly editorials cannot report the news upon which they are based in full, so your board (“GOP takes stand against single-payer plan,” Feb. 2) had to exclude all the whereases that preceded the resolution the party passed. However, I was given what is purported to be a copy of the full […]