Letters

Rutland Herald Vermont has accomplished more than most states to help working Vermonters gain access to affordable health coverage through programs like VHAP and Catamount Health. We are at the forefront of heath care reform and once again Vermont was named as the healthiest state in the nation. Why would Gov. Shumlin advocate for increasing […]

Rutland Herald   As director since 2000 of a program whose mission is to help the uninsured and underinsured stay healthy, I was concerned with Gov. Peter Shumlin’s comments in Sunday’s Rutland Herald and Times Argus saying that “state health care subsidies for working class Vermonters might be more generous than they need to be, […]

Burlington Free Press The arrival of Human Right’s Day (Monday) is especially noteworthy this year; international public health groups such as the World Health Organization are seriously considering the possibility of achieving universal health care throughout the entire world in the not too distant future. Despite being the wealthiest nation in the world, the United […]

Bennington Banner In a Banner column on Nov. 27 (A way forward for the Vermont GOP), Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann of Stowe proposes that the Republican Party needs to reinvent itself. She said, We need thoughtful, intelligent debate on the proposals put forward by others, yet instead of intelligent opposition, we sound lifeless and uninspiring […]

Stowe Reporter The recent Times Argus commentary concerning the future of the Vermont Republican Party by Rep. Heidi Scheuermann, of Stowe, is interesting but only partly accurate. Her candid observation that many Republicans often sound “angry,” “idiotic” and “petty” concerning legislation they disagree with is spot on. However, another problem still exists. Until many Republicans […]

Deerfield Valley News My wife and I took a vacation in Maine in mid-September. In the lobby of the motel where guests flock for free coffee, I ran into two couples from Toronto. It didn’t take long for the Canadians to swing the conversation over to a subject that truly baffles them: how in the […]

 My wife and I took a vacation in Maine in mid-September. In the lobby of the motel where guests flock for free coffee, I ran into two couples from Toronto. It didn’t take long for the Canadians to swing the conversation over to a subject that truly baffles them: How in the world can the […]

Stowe Today To the Editor: I have been asked by many of my American friends and associates to provide information about the medical services available to Canadians who are both covered under the country-wide federal plan and under a company private plan. As a former Quebecer, now married to an American citizen and a permanent […]

Regarding the Vermont Public Radio news report on October 10 about how we will pay for single payer: It seems disingenuous for Randy Brock to complain about the administration bothering to make a recommendation in January 2013 that won’t be acted on immediately when he has been complaining all along about not getting the recommendation […]

I would like to endorse the Burlington Free Press’s endorsement of single-payer in Aki Soga’s editorial, “Give single-payer a try” (Sept. 28). As Mr. Soga suggested, Vermont has to move forward rather than backward and to finally come to grips with how health care is for us, the people, and not to benefit the profit […]