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Help Wanted: Lessons From The Single-Payer State

How to spread Vermont’s human-rights victory throughout the country BY James Haslam for In These Times – BURLINGTON, VT. — On May 26, 2011, as we watched Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) sign “Act 48: Relating to a Universal and Unified Health System” into law—which sets Vermont on course to become the first U.S. state…

Vt. governor picks panel for single-payer health plan

From Boston.com – MONTPELIER – A health care policy specialist will lead Vermont’s Green Mountain Care board, the panel that will be responsible for implementing the state’s single-payer health care system, Governor Peter Shumlin said yesterday. Advocates for the plan say the single-payer system will help control health care costs and guarantee coverage for Vermonters…

Vermont Breaks Ground in Health Coverage for Migrant Workers

By Yvonne Yen Liu for New America Media – Vermont, land of rolling green hills dotted with black and white Holsteins and picturesque red barns. White people, everywhere, lots of them. Home of state-sanctioned town hall meetings that are models for participatory democracy. And now, the first state in our republic to enact universal health…

Health Insurers Have Had Their Chance

By Wendell Potter for Huffington Post – Of the many supporters of a single-payer health care system in the United States, some of the most ardent are small business owners who have struggled to continue offering coverage to their workers. Among them are David Steil, a small business owner and former Republican — yes, Republican…

Vermont governor signs universal healthcare bill

New law designed to lead the state toward the nation’s first single-payer system By Dave Gram for the AP – Vermont still has “a few challenges” ahead to meet its goal of a universal health care system this decade, Gov. Peter Shumlin said Thursday as he signed into law the bill designed to make the…

Video: VT to Become 1st State to Enact Single-Payer

From Democracy Now! – Today Vermont is set to make history by becoming the first state in the nation to offer universal, single payer healthcare when Gov.Peter Shumlin signs its healthcare reform bill into law. The Vermont plan, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will attempt to stem rising medical care prices and…

Thursday: Live Streamed Signing of Vermont’s Universal Healthcare Bill

The Vermont Breakthrough: Live Streamed Press Conference on Signing of Vermont’s Universal Healthcare Bill H.202 When: 9:00 AM (Eastern Time) Thursday, May 26, 2011 Where: Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, Room 11 Live streamed online, tune in here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vermont-workers-center-press-conference The Vermont Workers’ Center invites you to tune into this special presentation on Vermont’s new universal health care…

A Doctor’s Push for Single-Payer Health Care for All Finds Traction in Vermont

By Amy Goodnough for the New York Times – Many people move to Vermont in search of a slower pace; Dr. Deb Richter came in 1999 to work obsessively toward a far-fetched goal. She wanted Vermont to become the first state to adopt a single-payer health care system, run and paid for by the government,…

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

By Anja Rudiger for NESRI – 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. This makes Vermont the…

Health Justice Advocates Win on Immigrant Rights Issue

By Katie Robbins – Days after thousands of healthcare rights advocates rallied in Montpelier, Vermont, the Vermont Workers’ Center’s Healthcare is a Human Campaign was successful in forcing the state Senate to strike a harmful amendment from the universal healthcare bill that would have excluded undocumented immigrants from the state’s proposed universal healthcare system. Among…