Why we need Universal Primary Care now!

• As we come to terms with the failure of a private insurance driven health care system, we can move forward with the promise of Act 48 starting with universal primary care. It would provide guaranteed access to basic health care for patients while guaranteeing a basic income to providers. We can save our system by establishing a public good.
  
  
• Investments in primary care now saves money over time, lowering cost so that we can eventually expand what is covered as a public good. Primary care for all has a long track record of improving overall population health by treating people before their conditions are more serious and expensive.
  
  
• The Town Meeting Day initiatives where 8 Vermont towns overwhelmingly approved going forward with universal health care, starting with universal publicly financed primary care, indicate the growing desire of the public for state action in the face of collapse and the need for a better way forward.