Almost exactly one year after enacting the United States' first universal health care law, the state of Vermont is once again showing the country that another world really is possible. In the wake of an impressively large and diverse May Day rally for human rights, the...
(72) Comments | Posted May 7, 2011 | 1:29 PM
On May 5 the Vermont House followed the Senate in passing the final version of a health reform bill that creates a path for a universal, publicly financed health care system in Vermont. Governor Peter Shumlin has confirmed he will sign the bill into law.
...(5) Comments | Posted April 26, 2011 | 3:44 PM
A small state is fighting for the human right to health care -- and winning.
On April 26, Vermont's Senate passed, by a majority of 21 to 9, a universal health care bill that would ultimately provide publicly financed health care to all residents. Since the House...
(7) Comments | Posted March 21, 2011 | 1:28 PM
At a time when the people of the United States are facing the most concerted assault on their basic human rights in many years, the U.S. government has gone to Geneva, Switzerland, to make empty human rights promises to the international community. This reveals an appalling disconnect between...
(0) Comments | Posted November 4, 2010 | 11:03 AM
A critique on the eve of the first ever UN review of the U.S. human rights record
In advance of the United Nations hearing on the U.S. human rights record, taking place in Geneva on Friday, November 5th, advocacy groups called the U.S. government to account for regularly...
(4) Comments | Posted October 15, 2010 | 6:38 PM
How women, people of color, and immigrants will fare under the new health law
Six months ago the United States almost got universal health insurance. Advocates celebrating the passage of the federal health reform law argued that this was as good as it gets. While it was understood that the...
(0) Comments | Posted June 2, 2010 | 11:27 AM
A pioneering grassroots campaign for the human right to health care has made Vermont the first state mandated by law to establish a universal, equitable health care system based on human rights principles. Since the federal reform effort failed to guarantee equal access to health care...
(14) Comments | Posted April 1, 2010 | 3:20 PM
Amidst the celebrations of a 'historical moment,' a healthy dose of realism seems in order as we assess the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the related reconciliation measures. What is seen as a crucial victory for the Obama Administration has been won on the backs of many...
(13) Comments | Posted May 4, 2012 | 6:42 PM