So, a new study came out showing how Vermont could save money using a single-payer health care system.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060830/NEWS/608300366/1004/NEWS03

Why do we have to be the last industrialized nation to adopt such an obvious policy. We educate our people for free (at least through high school) because it's an investment. Look at our obesity rate, cancer, heart disease, diabetes. Preventive health care is an investment, and it's time we did something about it.

One candidate who's talking about this is Marvin Malek, Progressive for Lieutenant Governor. I'm working on his website. Check it out at http://www.marvinmalek.org