A provision in Vermont’s health care law called on the
Shumlin Administration to identify several ways to finance a single payer
health care system early next year. But the 2013 date was chosen when it seemed that the state might get
a federal waiver to implement a single payer plan in the next few years. Since that possibility now seems
remote, officials say it doesn’t make any sense to vote on a plan until
at least 2015.
Governor Peter Shumlin says he hopes Congress will
amend the Affordable Care Act to allow individual states to implement a single
payer health care system as soon as possible.
Governor Peter Shumlin talks with Vermont Edition about the timeline for implementing a single payer health care system, and possibilities for funding it.
Veteran Journalist Hamilton Davis speaks with VPR’s Peter Biello about how the SCOTUS decision on President Obama’s healthcare law will benefit Governor Peter Shumlin this election season.
Governor
Peter Shumlin says he’ll continue to push for a single payer health care plan
even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the entire federal Affordable Care
Act.