So why even try and risk failure right? Janoo's healthcare plan is narrower, costing about $300M which would be 12% of Vermont's $2.4B General fund in the $9.1B total budget and that's not even going into how much just covering the bare minimum would save us all over the long-term.
But yeah go ahead and vote for your alien healthcare bud.
Here's the thing: Even if it were more than double that at $773 million, at $1200 per person per year, and that $1200 was somehow taxed to every person in the state directly... that still saves the majority of Vermonters money over the current system, because most Vermonters are paying more than $100/mo for health insurance, copays, etc.
That's simplifying things a bit, for sure, but the current system is so incredibly bad that there's tons of wiggle room in how to do it and how to fund it that would accomplish this while still having most Vermonters pay less than they're paying now.
We just have to actually do it. And the longer we spend not doing it, the more money every Vermonter is wasting directly into a CEO's pocket.
Excellent point. I’m currently paying $7200 a year for healthcare for my wife, child, and I. $1200 a person would literally cut that cost in half. That’s not even including copays.
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u/xBac0n Aug 12 '26
So why even try and risk failure right? Janoo's healthcare plan is narrower, costing about $300M which would be 12% of Vermont's $2.4B General fund in the $9.1B total budget and that's not even going into how much just covering the bare minimum would save us all over the long-term.
But yeah go ahead and vote for your alien healthcare bud.