[Lorianne]

Good for Vermont. This is what should have happened all along, States should have been implementing their own health insurance systems, or single payer or whatever they want ... based on what the voters of that State want.

We could have had 50 labs experimenting on different systems and then States would imulate the best system which emerged.

But NO. One size fits all.

[denydenydeny]

It is possible, if not likely, that federal law will be used to prevent the state from implementing a single payer system.

This is reminiscent of the story Solzhenitsyn tells of the district that went ahead and collectivized its farms on its own before the Soviet government was able to get its own collectivization program started. All the organizers were shot.

[Juan Medén]

I agree. At least you can move out of Vermont.

[AmishDude]

I have always been in favor of single-payer.

For lawyers. It actually makes more sense than for any other profession.

Let’s see if that gets off the ground.

[reg45]

As long as those of us in the other states don’t have to bail the ones that fail.

[fhayek]

Fair enough, but don’t petition the Federal government when single payer bankrupts your state (and it will).

[browniexyz]

What is the “third option” referred to but not explained in this article?

[Doc Savage]

List of states that have gone Communist:

1. Vermont.

2. Massachusetts.

3. Oregon.

4. Iowa.

5. New York.

States that have gone Fascist Hispanic:

1. Californexia.

States that have turned into a living nightmare:

1. Michigan.

Feel free to offer your own favorites!

[Paleo Conservative]

Another reason to continue my boycott of Ben & Jerry’s.