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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:36 PM
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Vermont single payer heads to governor's desk

Vermont single payer heads to governor's desk - Ben Smith: Vermont single payer heads to governor's desk
May 05, 2011

Vermont's single payer health care bill has been passed by both chambers and now heads to the governor's desk -- who is expected to sign it. From PoliticoPro

The Vermont House of Representatives passed the final version of a health reform bill that creates Green Mountain Care, a universal, publicly funded health care system. The state Senate passed the same bill on Tuesday. Gov. Peter Shumlin is expected to sign the bill into law within the next two weeks.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0511/Vermont_single_payer_heads_to_governors_desk.html
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:38 PM
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1. Cali, I may end up being a neighbor if this goes through. Maybe Cuomo will follow
VT's lead.
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suffragette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:40 PM
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2. Wonderful progress
K&R
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:42 PM
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3. they got it through quickly
Shap Smith, our wonderful Speaker deserves loads of credit for that.
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suffragette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 06:03 PM
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10. I applaud all of you there for being persistent about this
and working together to make it a reality.

If Tommy Douglas were still here, I'm sure he'd say: "That's the way you do it!

To Shap :applause:

To Shumlin :applause:

To the dedicated people of Vermont :applause:

And to you Cali, for your great posts on this :yourock:
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:44 PM
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4. great news to help our single payer campaing here in CA -> SB 810 passes key vote May 4th...
the bill has passed the senate health committee and now goes to an appropriations committee that will examine financial issues. The same bill passed the entire legislature and went to governor Arnold whatshisname who vetoed it twice. ugh. so looks like the 3rd try may succeed.


http://californiaonecare.org/sb-810-passes-senate-health-committee/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=COC+update
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:47 PM
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6. excellent. congratulations.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 06:20 PM
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14. If Jerry Brown vetoes it, I'm done with trying to get
the right guy into office. I will just be dumbfounded.
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stevenleser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 06:34 PM
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15. Has he threatened a Veto?
I cannot imagine him vetoing single payer. I dont think any Democratic governor or President would veto Single payer if handed to him by the legislature.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 07:59 PM
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16. He has said he "probably" wouldn't veto it.
I would rather have heard an enthusiastic, "I'll sign it." He seems still to be on a budget slashing mission right now, which isn't a good frame of mind for creating a huge social program like Single Payer Health Care.
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coccom Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:46 PM
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5. great news
as an expat vermonter i'm real glad to hear it
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digitaln3rd Donating Member (533 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:57 PM
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7. Good job!
Hopefully it'll spread across the border to MA so we can get rid of that abomination insurance company giveaway that Mitt Romney imposed on us.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 05:59 PM
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8. K & R
Go Vermont!
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 06:03 PM
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9. So in a nutshell cali (or anyone else), how does this work?
Is it sort of like our county's solid waste plan where a privately owned monopoly provides the service (like a health insurance company) and a publicly funded department funds it (solid waste dept via taxes)?

Or is there no longer going to be health insurance in vermont and people just go to the doctor when they need to , show their green mountain card or whatever and then leave?
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 06:04 PM
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11. more like the former than the latter
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 10:33 PM
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19. That's what I was afraid of. Well it's a start. San Francisco does it that way.
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coccom Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 06:06 PM
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12. good question
I can't find any articles on this, politico just has a paragraph saying the vote happened and the rest is behind a paywall
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 06:18 PM
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13. Congratulations!
May this have a domino effect with other states following with their single payer health care legislation.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 08:35 PM
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17. Recommend
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crickets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-11 10:03 PM
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18. Fantastic. K&R
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