by Sylvia Moore | Apr 27, 2011 | News
It looks like California and Vermont could go on two different trajectories in America’s battle for healthcare equality. On Tuesday, the Vermont Senate approved by 21-9 health reform legislation that would create a single payer system in the state. Once the bill...
by Andrew McGuire | Apr 7, 2011 | News
Editor’s Note: When Vermont’s House of Representatives passed its single payer healthcare legislation on Mar. 24, it was seen by many – including this blog – as important news in the health reform movement. But as Physicians for a National...
by Sylvia Moore | Apr 1, 2011 | News, Video
GRITtv’s Laura Flanders interviews Mary Gerisch of the Health Care is a Human Right campaign of the Vermont Workers Center. Gerisch explains how Vermont single payer activists used the language of human rights to boost public support for single payer in the...
by Sylvia Moore | Mar 28, 2011 | News
The following editorial was published in the Bennington Banner, a newspaper in Vermont, a state where single payer is gaining steam. The editorial is in response to the news that the 43-year-old Bennington Iron Works was closing because of heavy competition from firms...
by Sylvia Moore | Mar 25, 2011 | News
On Thursday, the Vermont House of Representatives passed a single payer bill by a whopping 92-49 vote. From the Brattleboro Reformer in Brattleboro, Vt: The legislation proposes to develop a unified health system where all Vermonters are eligible for benefits under a...
