Commentator Rich Nadworny says he's been doing the math on what health care would cost his business under a single payer system - and he believes it will save him money.

The effort to revamp health care is focused on improving care and controlling costs.  Commentator Mary Barrosse Schwartz believes one approach to providing care promises to do both. 

Commentator Dick Mallary says some difficult questions need to be raised in the current health care overhaul discussion. Those questions have to do with the need for limits on how much care can be provided.

Commentator Larry Doane says changing our health care system is a balancing act between the care we demand and the care we can afford. He says these days even the military is feeling the pinch.

Commentator Deborah Luskin thinks that universal health coverage would be great for patients, if there were enough physicians to go around. First hand experience tells her that family practitioners willing to go into rural practice are an aging breed.

As the Vermont legislature prepares to launch a state-wide, single-payer health care insurance plan, commentator and Dean of the Vermont Law School, Geoff Shields, is trying to assess it's potential impact.

As he watches the health care overhaul debate unfold, former governor Jim Douglas says his successor and lawmakers have a great deal to build on as they go forward.  

As lawmakers debate bills, and policy makers crunch numbers, UVM medical student Clair Ankuda reminds us that on the most important level, health care is about relieving suffering.  

VPR commentator John Killacky says a painful personal experience underscores for him what's at stake in the health care overhaul as changes are made - and what we have to be careful to preserve.