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www.VermontforSinglePayer.org is the website of Vermont Health Care For All (VTHCA), a Vermont non-profit corporation (501(c) 3), established in 2003 with the purpose of educating the public about the advantages of a universal publicly financed health care system for Vermont. VTHCA is overseen by its board of directors:

Dr. Deborah Richter, Physician, Montpelier, VT - President
Ellen Oxfeld, Professor at Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT - Vice President
Terry Doran, Retired Journalist, Montpelier, VT - Treasurer
Ethan Parke, Policy Analyist, Montpelier, VT - Secretary
Paul Millman, CEO Chroma Technology, Rockingham, VT
Melinda Moulton, CEO Main Street Landing, Huntington, VT
Bill Eichner, MD Opthalmologist, Middlebury, VT
Ann Raynolds, Psychologist, Quechee, VT
John Bloch, Chair of Alliance of Retired Persons, Montpelier, VT
Don Mayer, CEO Small Dog Electronics, Waitsfield, VT
Stu Williams, MD Family Physician, Berlin, VT

11/09/2026

11/08/2026

https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/11/06/pope-leo-uruguay-welcome-universal-health-care/
“Soon after arriving in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, on the afternoon of Nov. 6, Pope Leo XIV issued a clarion call for universal health care not only in this small Latin American republic but also ‘in every society.’”

Recalling his own recent cancer diagnosis, Leo drew attention to the fact that “sickness, disability, physical pain, loss of autonomy, poverty, unemployment or social exclusion can make it especially necessary that others offer help.”

11/08/2026

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1882028769472893

11/07/2026

AI use by health insurers for “decision support"
https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67f82fdf066f1071d2ccac78/6ae0e31c0f7b7e90de5a360b_CHDEF_Artificial%20Intelligence%20in%20Health%20Care.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawVa9p9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMTVlQVlRVnA3emlKakJjVEdzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEfT3JhdOD6ROW5HNnJa2UROH8BTQjkCweuhGXMbyDuKR8pxjmhRlXN3Cug4qY_aem_wjUS_d1y85cjh_Jposefrg
“This report reveals previously undisclosed claims of integration of Palantir Technologies’ products by major health insurers, including Aetna, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, and Humana. Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the Electronic Frontier Foundation claim the use of Palantir technology by these insurers for purposes including “decision support,” raising questions about what patient information these systems access and whether they influence coverage decisions. This report also examines the involvement of Palantir and other technology companies in Medicare's new AI-supported prior authorization program, WISeR, where early operational data reveal substantial delays in coverage decisions, low approval rates, and backlogs that threaten timely patient care and provider reimbursement. These findings come as a national survey shows that 71% of responding individual major medical insurers are using or exploring AI for utilization management, while 77% of insurers responding to a disclosure question do not inform providers how or when AI is used.
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“As health insurers utilize AI more frequently, they are partnering with some of the nation’s largest technology corporations. Yet many of these relationships, including the technologies being used and the purposes they serve, remain largely unknown to the public.”

11/07/2026

VT Chamber of Commerce survey: Healthcare was “the most frequent pain point" in 2026
https://mailchi.mp/vermontpublic/half-of-vermont-businesses-raised-prices-this-year?e=6a3b090770
“Pinched by a strained economy, Vermont businesses are raising prices, forgoing expansion and dabbling in artificial intelligence, a new survey by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce found.
More than 40% of surveyed companies rated the current business climate in Vermont as poor or very poor.
Negative feelings spiked significantly from a year ago, according to the survey of 135 businesses across the state.
Though the survey lacks the statistical rigor of a scientific poll, it offers a snapshot of what’s on business owners’ minds, the advocacy group said.
Healthcare surpassed workforce and housing shortages as the most frequent pain point for Vermont businesses in 2026, according to the survey. Inflation and taxes rounded out the top five complaints.
” As a result, half of businesses said they raised prices this year. One-third of businesses said they delayed hiring or left positions unfilled, and about one in four said they delayed a capital investment.”

Pinched by a strained economy, Vermont businesses are raising prices, forgoing expansion and dabbling in artificial intelligence, a new survey by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce found. Healthcare surpassed workforce and housing shortages as the most frequent pain point for Vermont businesses in 2026...

11/06/2026

https://www.charlottenewsvt.org/2023/04/20/letters-to-the-editor-april-20-2023/
Who pays for that? We do!
Hospital executives make big, big salaries. Who pays them? We do.
Insurance executives make big, big salaries. Who pays them? We do.
Drug company executives make big, big salaries. Who pays them? We do.
Drug companies and insurance companies and private equity owners of healthcare facilities make big profits. Where does that money come from? Us.
The health care industry pays huge amounts of money to lobbyists. Where does that money come from? Us.
The health care industry contributes huge amounts of money to political candidates. Where does that money come from? Us.
Who benefits from all that money that comes from us? Them.
Whether it’s premiums, taxes or the prices we pay directly, every dime these people spend on themselves and their interests comes from us.
When they say universal health care “costs too much,” what they mean is that it costs them too much. And the reason it costs them more is because it costs us less. Please remember that when the opponents of universal health care claim “we” can’t afford it.

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