Vermont’s Governor Won’t Veto Universal Health Care As A Human Right

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Submitted by Doug Cunningham on May 30, 2010 - 6:12pm
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By Doug Cunningham

Vermont’s Republican Governor Jim Douglas has cleared the way for his state to establish a universal health care system based on human rights principles. He pledges not to veto the bill passed byVermont’s legislature requiring three systems be designed to create universal health care in Vermont that recognizes health care as a basic human right. James Haslam of the Vermont Workers Center says the campaign spearheaded by the center has achieved a first of its kind health care is a human right victory in Vermont.

: “One of the designs has to be a single payer system and all of the designs have to meet these basic human rights principles. The legislation calls for these plans to be designed and presented for next legislative session which starts in January.”