Single Payer movement in the era of Obamacare

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14. nope. Vermont passed single payer in 2011

It ain't been easy.

This is an article from yesterday:

Shumlin administration gears up for the nitty-gritty of single payer

Gov. Peter Shumlin put Vermont on a path to creating the nation’s first single payer health care system when he signed Act 48 in 2011. But since then, his administration has made little progress up that mountain, drawing questions and accusations from the far political left and right about the governor’s sincerity.

Now, Shumlin and his team are beginning to shift gears, planning the implementation of a publicly funded, universal health care system. In the past two months, the administration has moved two of its policy heavyweights to the fifth floor Office of Health Care Reform — right around the corner from where the governor sits.

Michael Costa, former policy director at the Tax Department, took the elevator up to his new office at the beginning of June. He is charged with figuring out how to finance a single payer system with tax dollars.

David Reynolds, a co-architect of the Affordable Care Act and a former health policy adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders, joined the team in July. He is tasked with bringing the moving parts of a single payer system together.

- See more at: http://vtdigger.org/2013/07/29/shumlin-administration-gearing-up-for-the-nitty-gritty-of-single-payer/#sthash.eFqnFHpY.dpuf