In addition to two different single-payer designs presented to the Vermont legislature by Dr. William Hsiao, his group of policy experts also included Option 2 – The Public Option. The “public option” proposal is very unimpressive and uncreative. It seems like it didn’t get very serious attention from a commission clearly more focused single payer. [...]

Yesterday, Dr. William Hsiao presented a draft proposal by health care policy analysts to the Vermont legislature about the creation of a single payer health care system in the state. According to the report, adopting single payer would result in roughly 25 percent savings on health care between 2015 and 2024. The report contained two [...]

Today, Dr. William Hsiao presented to the Vermont legislature a draft proposal for three different health care systems for the state. They include: Option 1 – government-run single payer Option 2 -  public option Option 3 – public/private single-payer (You can find the full report, presentations, and the statement from Hsiao here at the Vermont [...]