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

[thebigbadbutch.livejournal.com]

Excellent.

[jlc20thmaine.livejournal.com]

So despite that fact single payer is not successful in any country, you still think it's a good idea.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Single-payer always seemed like the best solution for businesses to me. No wrangling with multiple insurance companies, and just let the doctors do the doctoring.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

I think this is an older clip? Didn't it pass the Vermont Senate and the governor signed it into law. I think the next step is for Vermont to get Congress to approve its exemption.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

This won't end well for Vermont.

[404.livejournal.com]

Congrats to Vermont, I wait to see how it goes in the future, and see if their model can be extrapolated out to the whole country, or if it is a hot mess. We shall see.

[jamie-miller.livejournal.com]

Animal shelter? NPR? What are you, some kind of hippie?

:)

[madscience.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I wish Obama had copied Peter Shumlin's plan instead of Mitt fucking Romney's.