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In reply to the discussion: Wow. I'm being hammered by my Southern friends about Vermont's health care decision. [View all]belzabubba333
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Wow. I'm being hammered by my Southern friends about Vermont's health care decision. [View all]
Atman
Dec 2014
OP
It also works in Canada, our NA neighbor. In large part due to to Tommy Douglas, social democrat
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#28
Dont know the details of why it didnt work in Vermont, but it wont work anywhere as long
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#2
This is what it would have taken in Vermont for it to work in payroll taxes , just like Canada
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#23
New York could pay for single payer by eliminating the millions of road signs that are plaguing our
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#3
It boils down to increasing progressive taxes and reducing regressive ones. Upstate NY had a wicked
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#42
My property tax went up 14% and my governor just allowed CL&P a rate increase of 26% in 2015
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#43
The entire country is infested with incestous, fraudulant, wasteful and abusive industries and WE
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#45
We have Nationl Grid (London Multinational) raping us in NY. Last years rates shot up
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#50
Oh I know but they grew up being taxed like that so to them it seems normal.
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#41
I hear what you are saying, but Medicare is really not a pure single player anymore.
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#10
It's hard to tell a person who makes $35,000 gross in Vermont your payroll tax
helpmetohelpyou
Dec 2014
#34
I remember when hospitals were non profit and better. This neoliberal privitization of EVERYTHING
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#29
Crying shame what's happened to beautiful Florida. Reaganism and GOP governance.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#32
I don't think Florida is unique to that sort of change. I've seen it in several states I've occupied
adirondacker
Dec 2014
#38
The left dismisses 20+ years of RW propaganda on Fox and hate radio. It's anal with many.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#75
It is completely insane, the move would appear to reduce systematic cost by half based
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#26
We are now paying 17% or our GDP for health care, and people are bitching about 12%??
eridani
Dec 2014
#46
Congratulations, you raise some of the issues that make universal care problematic to many.
branford
Dec 2014
#81
Americans mostly do NOT have excellent health care--they don't have health care at all--
eridani
Dec 2014
#83
Since they are rarely seriously sick, they don't have a clue about their coverage
eridani
Dec 2014
#86
Remind them their red state heroes can't make their bridges, roads and schools work....
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2014
#49
My sister lived in NYC for six years where our brother was. A guy friend of a friend
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#71
so they like the system we have now ?! "pay til you go bankrupt then lose your house and die" ?
GreatGazoo
Dec 2014
#66
What I thought. But FL is changing. It was part of the Confederacy like Texas which I didn't
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#74
Sorry to hear about those awful people who you were around, and since gone.
appalachiablue
Dec 2014
#87
Truth be told, I don't think single payer would work all that well here either.
Zavulon
Dec 2014
#85