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tavalon

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19. cutting out the for profit middlemen

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #16)

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 11:39 AM

Nov 2013

is the money quote right there!

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Who to thank for single payer in Vermont? Vermonters. [View all] cali Nov 2013 OP

What happens to Workers' Comp under the Vermont tsuki Nov 2013 #1

Meh... you guys just want to reclaim the "most liberal state" crown from us Bay Staters MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #2

Love MA and I love Boston. Lived there for 10 years before cali Nov 2013 #3

K&R Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #4

Agreed, electing sane folks not on loan from the corporations is fundemental TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #5

It's just that crediting the President for this isn't accurate cali Nov 2013 #6

"crediting the President for this isn't accurate" Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #8

I don't see people here saying that. Maybe I missed it but what I've cali Nov 2013 #13

A waiver is available from the ACA FogerRox Nov 2013 #34

ACA is awesome? No, it has as many problems as it had the day our President signed it into law tavalon Nov 2013 #17

Don't forget Jonathan Gruber and William Hsiao. joshcryer Nov 2013 #7

this op is about how everyday Vermonters achieved single payer in Vermont cali Nov 2013 #9

More on Hsiao and Gruber and Vermont... PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #28

So Vermont was moving to SP without the ACA? thx uponit7771 Nov 2013 #10

VT was absolutely moving to single payer, long before the ACA cali Nov 2013 #11

As I've said before, may Vermont be our Saskatchewan and lead the way suffragette Nov 2013 #12

You gave me a lot of homework. tavalon Nov 2013 #18

I hope we see it, too. suffragette Nov 2013 #38

I'm kicking this because the wrong people- be it Obama or even Bernie- are cali Nov 2013 #14

Agreed. FogerRox Nov 2013 #35

Thank you, Vermonters. LWolf Nov 2013 #15

wish people stuck in crap states could share/pool with the Vermont plan Sunlei Nov 2013 #16

cutting out the for profit middlemen tavalon Nov 2013 #19

Congratulations are premature, no? geek tragedy Nov 2013 #20

no, it's not premature. It'll happen. cali Nov 2013 #21

What cost control mechanisms are in place? geek tragedy Nov 2013 #22

Hospital price increases have to be approved by a state run board cali Nov 2013 #24

Maryland and West Virginia do that as well. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #30

Unless a Republican gets elected President in 2016 and rescinds the waiver... n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #29

The ACA waiver doesnt happen until 2017 IIRC. FogerRox Nov 2013 #36

First off, kudos to VT for leading on this... Wounded Bear Nov 2013 #23

part of the point of the op, is that the ACA had little to do with single payer cali Nov 2013 #25

Except that... Wounded Bear Nov 2013 #27

Vermont was going single payer back in 2009 IIRC, the ACA stopped Vermont infact FogerRox Nov 2013 #37

Thank u Vermont!!! shenmue Nov 2013 #26

Single Payer movement in the era of Obamacare ProSense Nov 2013 #31

Vermont started down the road to single payer before the ACA cali Nov 2013 #33

Vermonters got an interesting view of how things worked Mopar151 Nov 2013 #32