A sparkling lake to the West:
Beautiful mountains to the East:
Burlington:
And:
Last month, the Vermont House of Representatives voted 92-49 to advance a bill that would create a single payer system in the state. Now, the Vermont Senate has followed suit, voting 21-9 for the bill:
The Vermont Senate gave final approval to health care reform legislation Tuesday. The vote came after lengthy debate on amendments- many of them aimed at making the bill more palatable for businesses. Republicans introduced several amendments that they say would reduce the costs for businesses. But the strong Democratic majority easily rejected those amendments. […] The bill passed 21-9.
Now that the bill has passed both the House of Representatives and Senate, it will move to a conference committee to reconcile the two versions of the bill. It will then go to the desk of Gov. Peter Shumlin (D), who strongly supports the bill. Shumlin has said that it will make Vermont the first state where “health care will be a right and not a privilege.” http://thinkprogress.org/2011/…