Letters

Rutland Herald The Shumlin administration made the right call in not advancing a detailed single-payer financing plan at this time. If Jeff Wennberg and his Vermonters for Health Care Freedom would bother to actually read the UMass study, the last few pages give them the reason why — we don’t yet have the information necessary […]

Rutland Herald On Jan. 24, the Shumlin administration presented their report on the financing for a single-payer health care system in Vermont. This report demonstrates, as all previous reports on single-payer have done, that a single-payer type health care system will simultaneously save Vermont substantial amounts of money while providing better care as well as […]

Rutland Herald Insurance offered through Vermont’s health benefit exchange is not part of Vermont’s future single payer. Required by the 2010 federal Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), the exchange sells private plans for those needing insurance. Also, Catamount and VHAP will cease, and Medicaid will be offered there, to cover those needing insurance in 2014, three […]

Burlington Free Press The Shumlin administration presented a report on financing a single payer health care system to the Legislature on Jan. 24. It once again demonstrates that we can provide comprehensive health care to all Vermonters at less overall cost. This is the latest in a long line of official reports that has come […]

Rutland Herald Predictably, Jeff Wennberg of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, in a recent Times Argusarticle, is trying to spread fear and mistrust, once again, of the Green Mountain Care “single payer” health care plan due to be implemented in 2017. For example, the latest report by the UMass medical group that Mr. Wennberg calls […]

Brattleboro Reformer For years, Vermont has led the way in making health care accessible and affordable by giving low- and middle-income Vermonters the chance to buy insurance through the state’s VHAP and Catamount Health programs.However, Catamount Health and VHAP will be eliminated when Vermont’s Health Care Exchange begins in 2014. Approximately 30,000 of our fellow […]

Rutland Herald Despite recent confusion around federally mandated health care exchanges, work continues around the state to assure that we will have a single-payer system in 2017 that will result in more people getting better coverage for less money. This process doesn’t get much media attention, which is too bad because it is good news. […]

Rutland Herald Predictably, Jeff Wennberg of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, in a recent Times Argus / Rutland Herald article, is trying to spread fear and mistrust, once again, of the Green Mountain Care single-payer health care plan due to be implemented in 2017. For example, the latest report by the UMass Medical group, that […]

Rutland Herald Last week’s report to the Legislature on financing a single-payer health care system demonstrates once again that a single-payer system will provide comprehensive health care to all Vermonters at a lower cost. These are the two most important benefits of a single-payer system, universal coverage and manageable costs. According to the report, in […]

Brattleboro Reformer Editor of the Reformer: Despite recent confusion around federally mandated health care exchanges, work continues around the state to assure that we will have a single-payer system in 2017 that will result in more people getting better coverage for less money. This process doesn’t get much media attention, which is too bad because […]