On Feb. 7, the Office of the Health Care Advocate (HCA) released a report demonstrating the affordability crisis that Vermonters face when purchasing health insurance and health care. In the report, “The Cost of Health Insurance: Quantifying the Vermont Affordability Crisis,” the […]
Tag: Health Care
Column
An act of mercy: “Let them eat cake!” Health care. part I
By Marguerite Jill Dye I was outraged to hear Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz comment that low-income Americans could sacrifice their new iPhone for health care instead. I wondered how he could be so blind to the struggle of America’s […]
State News
Sen. Bernie Sanders promotes Jan. 15 “day of action” against health care cuts
Poster board bearing a blown up Trump tweet goes viral By Kevin O’Connor, VTDigger Bernie Sanders may not have won the 2016 U.S. presidential race, but the Vermont senator — former presidential candidate turned chairman of his chamber’s Democratic Party […]
Opinion
“Happy Days”
Bernie Sanders emailed this artifact to his supporters Jan. 13, 2016, explaining that Hillary Clinton autographed the photo, taken on a flight to a health care forum at Dartmouth University on Dec. 7, 1993, along with a note saying, “To […]
Opinion
Now is not the time to move to a publicly-financed health care system in Vermont
By Governor Peter Shumlin Earlier this week, I made one of the most difficult decisions of my public life when I announced that I cannot support a move to a publicly-financed health care system in Vermont at this time. I […]