Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

Several lawmakers want to pull more people into Medicare. This would hurt anyone with private insurance, and it would inevitably lead to single-payer, government funded healthcare, which would deprive ...

Healthcare reform has been a topic of debate in the United States for decades. Two terms often used to discuss it are "universal healthcare coverage" and "single-payer" system. Yet "single-payer" as a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The new president of the United States will have urgent issues to address, including a health care crisis marked ...

A recent health care "summit" held in Birmingham gave us pause to consider how the debate is being framed -- either there is a "public plan" or no plan. That proposition has not been helpful to widen ...

When you order a burger, the dude at the register doesn't ask, "Do you want health insurance with that?" But it's in there, buried in the transaction: health insurance for restaurant employees perhaps ...

Healthcare costs have outpaced inflation for nearly a quarter century and there is no reason to think that will change over the next 25 years. The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family ...