Vermont Public Radio – May 26, 2011
(Host) Governor Peter Shumlin has signed a bill that puts Vermont on a path to become the first state in the country to adopt a single-payer health system.
Shumlin said Vermont is now a national leader on health care. And a local grassroots group wants to help other states follow Vermont’s example.
VPR’s John Dillon reports:
(Shumlin) “We gather here today to launch the first single payer health care system in America.”
(Dillon) Governor Peter Shumlin addressed a crowd of about 150 people on the Statehouse steps.
“To do in Vermont what has taken too long: have a health care system that’s the best in the world, that treats health care as a right, and not a privilege.”
(Dillon) After he signed the bill, Shumlin gave the pen he used to Doctor Deb Richter, a primary care physician who has lobbied for years for a universal, government-funded system of coverage.
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