Letters

Rutland Herald I read Peter Hirschfeld’s article, on the recent informative TV ads supporting Green Mountain Care, with great interest. These ads are sponsored by Vermont Leads, which is led by Peter Sterling. I was very impressed by Sterling’s candid and open information about the objectives and financing of his Vermont Leads group. Clear, open, […]

Times Argus Imagine a world where the difference between paying $9,000 or $3,000 for a particular plan depends solely on age. Or a place where you purchase what seems like an affordable health plan only to be denied coverage until you have paid almost $24,000 in medical fees and $1,000 on medications out of your […]

Times Argus Jeff Wennberg’s perspective piece “Who’s Outsmarting Whom” in the July 22 edition of The Times Argus takes innuendo and tries to twist them into facts to promote fear. Mr. Wennberg, who is the executive director of the group opposed to single-payer, Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, wrote that the costs of the single-payer […]

Rutland Herald In his recent opinion piece (July 22), Jeff Wennberg has criticized recent actions of the Shumlin administration with regard to the road forward to a single-payer health care system. Mr. Wennberg criticizes the administration for applying for federal grants for health care. It’s true that the Shumlin administration has applied for money from […]

Rutland Herald In John McClaughry’s recent Rutland Herald commentary, he takes Justice Roberts to task for his vote on the Affordable Care Act. In addition to lecturing us on constitutional powers regarding the A.C.A., he also accuses Roberts of apostasy, an interesting metaphor considering his (McClaughry’s) previous position on the uninsured. More on that later. […]

Rutland Herald Dr. John McGarry’s letter, “Insurance can’t cover everything” in the July 13 edition of the Rutland Herald, is difficult to decipher. Is the letter’s intention to prove that health care is not a human right? There is Dr. McGarry’s reference to the U.S. Constitution that “our only rights are the ones spelled out […]

Rutland Herald  John McClaughry ascribes Justice Roberts’s tie-breaking vote in support of the Affordable Care Act to a quest for enhanced reputation. But Linda Greenhouse, in a perceptive New York Times op ed (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/the-mystery-of-john-roberts/) says that although Roberts “is conservative to his bones,” he may have been horrified by “the breathtaking radicalism of the other […]

Burlington Free Press In his June 8 letter, Dan McCauliffe states “the Canadian health care system that was chosen as a model for Green Mountain Care is one of the worst systems to emulate.” Was Canada chosen as the model for Green Mountain Care? In fact, there is no mention of Canada in Act 48, […]

Rutland Herald As a high school teacher, I know many students who do not have health insurance. Although many people in Vermont think that children are covered in Vermont, this is actually a misconception. Doctor Dynasaur does cover many children, but it is not universal. Many families do not know about Doctor Dynasaur, do not […]

Times Argus I think we can all stop worrying about Mr. Prindiville’s predictions about loss of quality health care in Vermont. Anyone who is surprised to learn that U.S. Medicare and other health insurance is not accepted by health care providers in foreign countries can scarcely be regarded as knowledgeable. As for the young boy […]