Abstract

The View From Vermont
M. M. | November 15, 2004 issue

add to cart   close window

Discusses the advocation of state sponsored health for every person in Vermont by Dr. Deborah Richter. Responses from the business community, including the fact that they do not trust the government with healthcare and they fear that initially acceptable tax rates would soar; Description of how the bills would be paid by funneling public funds now financing Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs into a unified system; Replacement of premiums and deductibles with payroll taxes; Disadvantages of the current system, including the absence of disease management and preventive care for those without insurance.

See Also:

MEDICINE, State; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL policy; HEALTH insurance; RICHTER, Deborah; VERMONT
ARCHIVE HOME
Pricing
Articles are sold in 'packs,' which are priced as follows:

1 for 2.95
4 for 9.95
10 for 19.95
50 for 34.95
300 for 149.95
Refund Policy
Sales of archive individual articles, full issues or article packs are final and no refunds will be issued.
Access for libraries
help
Search
Browse
Sample Article

My Articles

You must be logged in to view your articles.

User name

Password

I don't have a login.

I forgot my user name/password.
Advertisement
Advertisement

Blogs

» Act Now!

Coal Country | "This is a civil war."
Peter Rothberg
Posted 9 minutes ago

» The Notion

A Blow to Privatization in Israel (and Perhaps Beyond) | A potentially historic ruling on prison privatization, in Israel.
Eyal Press
Posted at 9:48 ET

» The Dreyfuss Report

Can China Help on Afghanistan? | Beijing wants a broader role in the Middle East and South Asia. Will Obama bring them in?
Robert Dreyfuss
5 Comments
Posted at 8:50 ET

» Editor's Cut

Around the Nation | The week we went Rouge. Plus, Moyers on Afghanistan.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
55 Comments

» The Beat

Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin | The death panelist-in-chief rallied her followers to "KILL THE BILL." But 60 senators decided to follow the real leader.
John Nichols
66 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman