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.

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[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.