In Vermont, health care for all

Mon, 09/05/2011 - 14:01
  • Year: 2011
  • Length: 6:38 minutes (6.07 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

Access to health care is an important issue for many workers. It can sometimes be the deciding factor to take - or remain in - a given job. The costs of providing health care can also pose a challenge for small business owners already struggling to remain in business during a prolonged recession. And then, there's the issue of health care for the nation's unemployed. When a Democrat-majority Congress took up the issue of health care reform, the result fell short of what many viewed as an opportunity to bring the United States into line with the health care policies of every other developed nation in the world. But an organized labor movement in the state of Vermont pushed local lawmakers to take the issue of health care reform a step further. Carl Etnier has more from Montpelier.

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