Vermont Democrats Labeling State's Single-Payer Health Plan a Failure

Townhall.com ^ | March 18, 2014 | Christine Rousselle

[Lmo56]

The cost of one year of Green Mountain Care is estimated to be anywhere from 1.6 to 2.2 billion dollars. This is equal to the entire tax revenue of the state of Vermont.

I hope they cc'd Obama on this ...

[dsrtsage]

The only rational plan is to hope for spare change.

[Vince Ferrer]

This is why the tenth amendment is so important. Let the states experiment. If they fail, it isn’t as big of a deal.

[mindburglar]

Didn’t see that coming...

[Mogger]

This is why, as an 8th generation Vermonter, I am now a refugee in NH.

Vermont was a very conservative state, not having voted for a democRAT since Lincoln.

Then it was overrun by trust fund hippies that are far more dangerous to a culture than invading Russians in Crimea are.

The "peaceful", stupid lefties have destroyed Vermont.

The communists that have invaded Vermont and taken it over are no different than some of the factions in Ukraine.

[Cowboy Bob]

Everything a Liberal touches turns to failure. It's just that some disasters happen more quickly than others.

Any short-term success they claim is the result of looting the treasury. Once they run out of other people's money, their systems collapse.

[Bullish]

You mean there’s no magic healthcare fairy after all?

[Libloather]

Democratic lawmakers, citing missed deadlines and past failures, have begun to call for Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin to "shelve" the plan.

I wonder if those RATS are exempt as well.

[kearnyirish2]

I’ve visited/vacationed in VT in the past; as I understand it once the cities were hijacked they controlled the state.

[kearnyirish2]

“Any short-term success they claim is the result of looting the treasury. Once they run out of other people’s money, their systems collapse.”

Thankfully here in NJ we’ve already reached the point of running out of money; we’ve begun downsizing our bloated public sector to compensate. The cities are paying a steep price, as they haven’t been self-sufficient in decades; they no longer simply rape the suburban and rural taxpayers as they had in the past. Things are falling apart, but that is necessary to start over (hopefully it isn’t already too late). The high costs here were tolerated because the high wages made it acceptable, but many of those good jobs have left permanently - not just to other states, but many to other countries altogether.

[Pollster1]

The cost of one year of Green Mountain Care is estimated to be anywhere from 1.6 to 2.2 billion dollars. This is equal to the entire tax revenue of the state of Vermont.

That's unexpected. Who would have guessed that covering 1/6 of the economy would require a massive tax increase?

[GeronL]

So, at a minimum, it would cost the entire state budget and we all know it will cost a lot more than planned

[GeronL]

Tyranny at the state level is still tyranny

[VTenigma]

The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged.

[ExCTCitizen]

When will Vermont natives wake up and vote moderate, not socialist. Vermont is nice, but the hippies ruined Vermont.

[goldstategop]

Its simple:

If its not free, no one is going to sign up.

Without that, single payer is akin to wishing for unicorns and the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

[Kaslin]

Why should it be free?

[freedomfiter2]

That is why even states need a federal system that protects the bulk of the state from the stupidity of the cities.

[aumrl]

Say What?
You mean Cal and Vt can spend to bankruptcy and the rest of the 57 states will be obliged to use our dollars to bail them out?
“states need a federal system that protects the bulk of the state from the stupidity of the cities”