Posted on 06/04/2015 12:43:42 PM PDT by reaganaut1
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Just a few years ago, lawmakers in this left-leaning state viewed President Obama’s Affordable Care Act as little more than a pit stop on the road to a far more ambitious goal: single-payer, universal health care for all residents.
Then things unraveled. The online insurance marketplace that Vermont built to enroll people in private coverage under the law had extensive technical failures. The problems soured public and legislative enthusiasm for sweeping health care changes just as Gov. Peter Shumlin needed to build support for his complex single-payer plan. Finally, Mr. Shumlin, a Democrat, shelved the plan in December, citing the high cost to taxpayers. He called the decision “the greatest disappointment of my political life.”
As the United States Supreme Court prepares to rule in a case that could gut a major element of the Affordable Care Act — federal subsidies for low- and middle-income people — Vermont should have little to worry about. Only states that use the federally run insurance marketplace stand to lose subsidies if the court rules against the Obama administration, and Vermont is among the 14 states that fully run their own.
But even though its residents’ subsidies appear safe for now, Vermont stands as a cautionary tale. Despite an eventual cost of up to $200 million in federal funds, its online marketplace, or exchange, is still not fully functional, while disgust with the system is running deep among residents and lawmakers alike.
Meanwhile, the hopes for a single-payer system, once tantalizingly close, may be lost for years. Under such a system, the government operates one health insurance plan for all residents, covering their medical costs instead of having private insurers do it.
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This can’t be, After all, they have that apologist for totalitarianism as their Senator (now Presidential candidate).
I will cry two tears into a massive bucket.
SOCIALISM! Because it works so well.
Inevitable, given that Obamacare is the greatest political con since Social Security.
If you’ve lost Vermont, . . . . .
Meanwhile, the hopes for a single-payer system, once tantalizingly close, may be lost for years. Under such a system, the government operates one health insurance plan for all residents,covering their medical costs instead of having private insurers do itpaying the piper and calling the tune to which all of us, and our doctors, shall dance.
Not being able to get enough votes to actually win the last election as the incumbent governor, but having to lobby the majority Dem legislature to give it to you wasn't the biggest disappointment?
There seems to be no awareness whatsoever that government is simply incapable of running so simple a business as a whorehouse effectively or efficiently.
“Finally, Mr. Shumlin, a Democrat, shelved the plan in December, citing the high cost to taxpayers. He called the decision “the greatest disappointment of my political life.””
Ha haha
He wasn’t grubered was he?
To all who supported those who voted for this obamination who are effected by this: Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
“To all who supported those who voted for this obamination who are effected by this: Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Yes, that is justice.
But for all those affected and suffering financially because of it that didn’t want it - that is an underserved punishment.
Agreed. However, I am willing to sacrifice to possibly knock some sense into the morons.
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