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xmunk ,

I was on Green Mountain Care en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_health_care_reform for a year or two when it was available in Vermont… it was absolutely genuine single payer insurance system that gave me access to no-copay services. Sadly the program was shuttered three years after it had been introduced but I remember it fondly. It was accessible, affordable, and extremely comforting to have access to.

CraigeryTheKid ,

So why was it stopped?

BakerBagel ,

Insirance companies couldn’t just print money anymore.

asqapro ,

The official reason is that taxes would have been raised too much (from the linked Wikipedia article / accompanying source: salon.com/…/vermont_abandons_plan_for_single_paye…)

tiredofsametab ,

So frustrating. I live in a country with something of a hybrid model. I pay very little at point of service and my taxes aren't super crazy or anything. Prices need to be clamped down upon.

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