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HappilyhiketheHump t1_jaz1u3p wrote

Reply to comment by you_give_me_coupon in Ethan Parke: Senate bill offers health insurance to legislators, but not to other Vermonters by futurerecordholder

We wouldn’t save money. As a stand alone state with free healthcare we would be a magnet for healthcare tourism and we would be bankrupted.

Vt cannot go it alone on universal healthcare.

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thisoneisnotasbad t1_jb04qef wrote

Perhaps people don’t remember when Schumlin tried and after a couple years finally had to admit universal healthcare was too expensive for a state with VT ‘s revenue to afford.

It’s a good goal and I am sure it will be relitigated ever 10 years or so. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it and until there is a significant change on cost or state revenue, it will still end with it being too expensive.

*dude replied then blocked me.

Anyway, his claim is false which is why he has not produced a report.

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you_give_me_coupon t1_jb1ptmc wrote

The report Shumlin waved around at the press conference showed that for the overwhelming majority of Vermonters, they would have come out ahead with single-payer, even in the worst-case projections. He lied about that, and compliant media just transcribed and repeated his quotes, instead of writing from the document he held in his hand.

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obiwanjabroni420 t1_jb2nxsv wrote

With the scarcity and cost of housing here I don’t think any healthcare “tourists” are going to find anywhere to claim residency.

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you_give_me_coupon t1_jb1oteg wrote

Fair enough, and very easy to fix: make health care free at the point of use for year-round VT residents.

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