MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Accustomed to being the first to dip its toe into hot-button issues, Vermont is preparing to provide public health care to all residents regardless of income, moving toward a government-run system that will take it as close to Canada philosophically as it is geographically.
Gov. Peter Shumlin is expected to sign legislation this month marking the first step on the path to phasing out most private insurance. The effort puts Vermont well in front of last year's federal health care overhaul.
The ultimate goal, Shumlin said recently, is a Canadian-style system "where health care is a right and not a privilege."
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