DUMMERSTON — Governor Shumlin and the Vermont legislature are planning to approximately double the cost of health care for a large percentage of Vermonters.
Unless people are able to persuade these politicians to change their minds, the price increases will take effect on Jan. 1, 2014.
In 2010, more than 44,000 Americans died because the U.S. does not have universal health care, unlike Canada, Cuba, Europe, Japan, and every other rich nation. That's according to former U.S. Representative Alan Grayson (D-Fla). People in all those countries have a longer life expectancy than people in the USA.
People should call Shumlin and their state legislators and ask them to raise taxes on millionaires to provide free health care for all Vermonters.
Details about the Catamount cost increases are at bit.ly/catacosts. More information is available from Vermont Workers' Center's Healthcare Is a Human Right campaign at WorkersCenter.org.