What the hell is going on in Vermont?

[camac.livejournal.com]

Ok I was driving back from the animal shelter today when I heard something incredible on NPR. I haven't seen any cartoons about it but this shit is important so I'll just post a video with the wonderfully animated and sometimes funny Rachel Maddow talking about it:

This is kind of amazing. I hope other New England states pick up on this idea and find the courage to come up with similar plans. I'm looking at you RI.

Comments

[soliloquy76.livejournal.com]

If it does end well, will you change your tune? :P

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, but I'm not too worried.

[blueduck37.livejournal.com]

And if it ends up saving Vermont (the state itself, local businesses, etc etc) money, and becomes very popular, will you agree that other states nationwide should implement it?

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

You need to set some rules on what "success" is now, otherwise those goalposts will shift faster that a politician looking at an opinion poll.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Not necessarily.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

How have I moved the goalposts? "It saves money and is popular" is not in and of itself a reason to favor a policy. There are still many, many different reasons to oppose UHC of any sort.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Jeff will whistle another tune, we can be sure.