Vermont Health Care

The Economic Urgency of Health Care Reform

Gov. Peter Shumlin | Posted 10.05.2011

Gov. Peter Shumlin

I have launched an ambitious effort to implement a single payer health care system in Vermont. Under the plan, single payer coverage will be a right and not a privilege, and will not be connected to employment. This is groundbreaking.

Vermont Becomes First State To Move Toward Universal Health Care

Posted 07.26.2011

By Zach Howard BRATTLEBORO, Vermont -- Vermont became the first state to lay the groundwork for single-payer health care on Thursday when its g...

First Universal Health Care Bill in U.S. Marks Success of Vermont's Human Rights Movement

Anja Rudiger | Posted 07.07.2011

Anja Rudiger

Vermonters clearly set an example with their steadfastness and unflinching readiness to take a moral stance and reject the effort to divide the community along lines of race, ethnicity or national origin.

Vermont Backs Off Attempt To Take Seniors' Federal Drug Rebates

AP | DAVE GRAM | Posted 05.25.2011

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Top Vermont officials relented Monday, saying they would not try to collect $250 federal rebates going to some Medicare benefi...

Massachusetts is Not the Only Health Reform Model

Kenneth Thorpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Kenneth Thorpe

Whereas Massachusetts chose to make universal coverage its initial goal, Vermont's primary focus was to make health care more affordable and at the same time expand coverage.