Letters

Bennington Banner Vermonters are already in a health care crisis. I am writing today to address some of the negative advertising targeted at the Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign. A video produced by Vermonters for Health Care Freedom claims that the new universal healthcare law will create a health care crisis for 80,000 Vermonters. […]

Burlington Free Press I found Jeff Wennberg’s letter on April 3 “Single-payer is not the only option” interesting. Considering that he’s executive director of the Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, I expected to hear some solutions about how they would serve the health care need of all Vermonters, especially the uninsured and underinsured. None was […]

Times-Argus In the recent op-ed, Bruce Lisman writes, “Is health care reform important? Of course it is. Yet politicians in Montpelier are ‘rocketing’ us to a new system without showing us the cost.” Really, Mr. Lisman is apparently ignorant of or is ignoring four official studies commissioned by the state on health care costs since […]

The Colchester Sun I am writing to thank Mr. Lawrence Keyes for his letter “Willing to take the risk of health reform” in the April 5 edition of The Colchester Sun. A wrong turn on a web link led me to Mr. Keyes’ excellent letter. I hope that the editors of The Colchester Sun will […]

Brattleboro Reformer Many Vermonters have expressed concerns about the transitional health care exchange process. It is important to keep in mind that this is not part of the single-payer system being developed by the Green Mountain Care Board.  Under the benefits plan described by the GMC Board all Vermonters will have a simpler, more coordinated, […]

Brattleboro Reformer I am proud to support Vermont’s health care reform movement. Even former Governor Douglas said he was in favor of universal access; and he also introduced Vermont’s Blue Print for Health and Medical Home model for chronic care. These models of care have already improved health care and reduced hospitalizations and costs. The […]

Brattleboro Reformer In response to Jeffrey Wennberg’s column (Debating the future of health care in Vermont, March 24): Wennberg wants it both ways. He seems to deny that his group………offers no alternative health care reform plan, yet his lengthy editorial passes up the opportunity to tell us what that alternative might be. All he has […]

Burlington Free Press I appreciated the contrast between your two contributors on health care issues, (Comment and Debate, April 3). Allan Ramsay is a physician who has practiced many years in Vermont, and who is now on the Green Mountain Care Board. He gave an insightful account of the difficulties he experienced with a fee-for-service […]

The Mountain TimesDear Editor, You may not have seen it, but the folks at Vermonters for Health Care Freedom (VHCF) have made a pretty slick 8-minute video that they apparently sent to all our Vermont legislators. The crux is that our health care reform is too untested, too complicated, just beyond our abilities to institute. […]

The Mountain Times Dear Editor, Many Vermonters have expressed concerns about the transitional health care exchange process. It is important to keep in mind that this is not part of the single-payer system being developed by the Green Mountain Care Board. Under the benefits plan described by the GMC Board all Vermonters will have a […]