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Mark Starlin's avatar

It makes perfect sense. Which is why politicians (and their minions) will oppose it. Plus the Insurance companies, who keep politicians in their pockets, will use their political influence to keep their companies from going out of business. I truly hope it happens. It could be a tipping point for other states. Common sense needs to finally beat special interests and dogmatic politics.

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David Roberts's avatar

Thanks for this post. We definitely need to remember the famous label of the states as "Laboratories of Democracy."

I think we should have universal healthcare. We can certainly afford it as a country and it is a huge cause and effect of inequality. I also think that in the competition for residents and businesses, a universal state plan could be a huge advantage.

In addition to looking at why Vermont did not succeed, it is also useful to look as well at what happened in Washington State in 2019 and to understand the POV of which institutions would oppose a plan.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/upshot/washington-state-weakened-public-option-.html

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