health care reform bill

Vermont Health Care Bill Signing: Live Streamed Press Conference from the Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign
May 24, 2011
Healthcare Is A Human Right Campaign Presents: The Vermont Breakthrough Live Streamed Press Conference on Signing of Vermont's Universal Healthcare Bill H.202 +++NEW: Download the presentation here+++ When: 9am, Thursday, May 26, 2011 Where: Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, Room 11 Live... Keep Reading »
In Vermont, Health Care for All Nears Reality
May 11, 2011
Associated Press -- Accustomed to being the first to dip its toe into hot-button issues, Vermont is preparing to provide public health care to all residents regardless of income, moving toward a government-run system that will take it as close to Canada philosophically as it is geographically. Gov... Keep Reading »
First Universal Health Care Bill in U.S. Marks Success of Vermont's Human Rights Movement
May 7, 2011
On May 5 the Vermont House followed the Senate in passing the final version of a health reform bill that creates a path for a universal, publicly financed health care system in Vermont. Governor Peter Shumlin has confirmed he will sign the bill into law. This makes Vermont the first state in the... Keep Reading »
Final Passage of Vermont Universal Health Care Bill Marks Success of a Growing Human Rights Movement
May 5, 2011
New York City/Montpelier, VT – Today, Thursday, May 5, 2011, the Vermont House of Representatives passed the final version of a health reform bill that creates a path for a universal, publicly funded health care system in Vermont. The Senate passed the same bill, H.202, on Tuesday, May 3,... Keep Reading »
Adventure In Democracy
May 5, 2011
These are the first lines of an editorial that appeared in The Times Argus today: Passage of historic health care legislation by the Vermont Legislature puts Vermont on the road to reform that could chart a new path for the nation. Fundamental to the new plan is a concept effectively promoted by a... Keep Reading »
Vermonters Succeed in Restoring Universality to Health Care Bill
May 4, 2011
Montpelier, VT -- Statehouse -- Members of the grassroots Healthcare Is a Human Right campaign and the VT Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project cheered on Tuesday, May 3, as the joint house senate committee voted to accept a reconciled version of the universal healthcare bill, H.202, which removed... Keep Reading »
Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign Succeeds in Getting Anti-Immigrant Amendment Struck
May 3, 2011
After days of mobilization, protests and vigils by the Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign, Vermont legislators agreed to remove from the universal health care bill a harmful amendment that would have excluded undocumented people from "universal" health care. The conference committee of... Keep Reading »
Thousands Rally on May Day for Human Right to Health Care in Vermont
May 2, 2011
Thousands of Vermonters came out on May Day to show their support for making health care a human right, marching through Montpelier and rallying in front of the Statehouse. The event highlighted the achievements of the Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign, culminating in the passage of the... Keep Reading »
Universal Means Everyone! Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign Fights Undocumented Immigrants' Exclusion
April 29, 2011
The Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign, run by the Vermont Workers' Center, is engaged in an urgent struggle to remove a last-minute amendment from Vermont's health reform bill, which would exclude undocumented people - including dairy farmworkers - from the supposedly "universal"... Keep Reading »
Health Care for All Takes Big Stride in Vermont
April 28, 2011
Vermonters are as close to winning “single-payer” health care legislation as residents of any U.S. state have ever been, but they are fighting for every inch as they near the goal line. On Tuesday the Vermont Senate passed a bill that activists hope will be a big stride towards health... Keep Reading »