Posts Tagged ‘Vermont’
Activists decry exclusion of undocumented workers from Vermont’s H.202
By Anne Galloway for Vtdigger.org – An undocumented Mexican migrant worker named Javier wouldn’t give his full name or say what county he lives in for fear of deportation. In spite of his apprehensions, however, he stood in front of the Statehouse on Sunday and told a crowd of May Day activists that the health…
Read MoreThousands of single payer supporters to converge on Montpelier May 1
Major statewide rally on May 1st will call for adoption of strongest possible final version of H. 202 Montpelier, VT — Statehouse — Thousands of Vermonters supporting the Healthcare Is A Human Right Campaign will converge on Montpelier for a march and rally this Sunday, May 1st at 11am. The event will highlight the achievements…
Read MoreVermont Senate gives initial OK to single-payer health care bill
By Anne Galloway for VTDigger.org – The spirit of order and compromise was upon them. The Vermont Senate passed the universal health care reform bill in a 21-8, largely along party lines on Monday, after just five hours in the Green Room. (Kevin Mullin, R-Rutland, voted aye; Bobby Starr, D-North Troy, voted nay.The senators will…
Read MoreMay 1st: Healthcare is a Human Right Rally in VT
Healthcare-NOW! has endorsed the Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign (HCHR) March on Montpelier, Vermont on May 1st. The HCHR Campaign has built a statewide grassroots movement to make healthcare reform a political inevitability in Vermont. Supporters of the right to healthcare and single-payer are traveling in from across the country to attend this important…
Read MoreVermont Senate expected to take up health reform legislation this week
From the Republic.com – MONTPELIER, Vt. — A committee of the Vermont Senate is expected to work an extra day Monday — and a long one at that — as lawmakers push to finish work on a bill that would move the state toward Gov. Peter Shumlin’s goal of universal, single-payer health care. Lawmakers usually…
Read MoreVideo of the Student Rally in Vermont for Single Payer
By PNHP NY Metro Chapter – Medical, nursing, and public health students from around the country organized a rally to support universal, single-payer health care in Vermont. The March 26, 2011 event was led by student members of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and co-sponsored by the American Medical Student Association (AMSA).
Read MoreStudents Rally for Single-Payer System in Vermont
By Daniel Staples, Staff Writer Times-Argus (Barre-Montpelier, Vt.), March 27, 2011 MONTPELIER, Vt. — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Peter Shumlin spoke before health profession students who gathered Saturday at the Statehouse in support of single-payer health care. The Vermont House passed a version of the universal health care bill, which is being championed…
Read MoreVermont Universal “Fewer Payer” Healthcare Bill Passes
From the Vermont Digger – You can call it Frank. You can call it Fred. But don’t call it a single-payer health care system. That was the message Rep. Mark Larson, D-Burlington, delivered to lawmakers in the House Appropriations Committee last week and during the House floor debate on Vermont’s latest effort to reform its…
Read MoreIn Vermont, Single-Payer Bill Set To Pass Health Care Committee
By Bob Kinzel for VPR – Montpelier, VT – (Host) The House Health Care Committee is set to approve a bill that sets Vermont on the path of a single payer health care system. The bill is one of Governor Peter Shumlin’s top priorities for the 2011 session. VPR’s Bob Kinzel reports. (Kinzel) The legislation…
Read MoreVermont’s Struggle for Single-Payer Healthcare
By Steve Early for the Nation – After years of political frustration, Earl Mongeon had to see it to believe it. Often, when he finishes his twelve-hour night shift at IBM in Essex Junction, Mongeon heads home for breakfast and a few hours of brush clearing on his sixty-acre lot in Westford. In mid-January, the…
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