In the USA, it seems that more and more people are seeing healthcare as a basic right, believing that the state is obligated to provide a universal minimum standard of health to all citizens. Americans expect the state's protection from foreign invaders, interstate fraud, etc., but why stop there? Healthcare is a necessity of life that seems more important that any of that. More than half of the World's countries have constitutions that include some kind of right to public health and medical care for their citizens. The Danish healthcare system offers equal and universal access for all residents. Denmark also happens to be the happiest country on earth. Good for Vermont and their goal of more accessible healthcare for all residents.
well when you think about it, every emergency service in the US is universal except healthcare We have universal law enforcement, and universal fire safety services.. but healthcare? we haven't yet put it in that same category yet. Even our new federal program (the ACA/Obamacare) mandates people to buy from private companies at a profitable rate and leaves over 30 million people in the dark I can agree with this, just as our fire departments and police departments are run at the state level
I think this will be a good thing for the residents of Vermont; It will be good for me since I plan on moving to Vermont by 2017.
