Their latest attempt is Senate Bill 5233, “Developing the Washington health trust.” After several years of meetings and after realizing they had no practical funding mechanism, supporters of the ...

Here we go again. Some lawmakers in Washington state will just not give up on their quest for a state-run single-payer health ...

Overdoses are the leading killer of homeless Vermonters, 'Seven Days' and Vermont Public found. But a shift from motel rooms ...

In 2011, the Vermont Legislature passed and Gov. Peter Shumlin signed “An Act Relating to a Universal and Unified Health System.” The state-wide, single-payer system was to start in 2017.

Appointed to the Board by Governor Peter Shumlin in 2013 and re-appointed by Governor Phil Scott in 2019. Term expires in March 2025. Born in Waupun, Wisconsin. Educated at Alverno College, BA, 1990; ...

Appointed to the Board in 2001 by Governor Howard Dean, MD to fill an un-expired term; re-appointed by Governor James Douglas in 2005; re-appointed by Governor Peter Shumlin in 2011; re-appointed by ...

Sally C. Pipes is the president, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute. Her latest book is False Premise, False Promise: The Disastrous Reality of ...