Vermont Single-Payer (Green Mountain Care)
Single-payer shelved when the financing proved impossible.
D · 9/24
1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Cover everyone through one public payer.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics cite the tax burden.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Needed ~11.5% payroll + 9.5% income tax (~$2.6B); Shumlin shelved it in 2014.
4 · Liberty check
Universal coverage vs. tax reality.
5 · The real tradeoff
Honest course-correction before launch.
Allies & Playbook
If you want to copy this, start here.
No individual sponsor record is catalogued for this policy yet. Start with the primary sources below and the Allies directory.