Letter to the editor: Zuckerman best suited to make strides on healthcare
By Tim Guiles
If there is one thing that this new virus has made abundantly clear is the importance of healthcare for everybody. I listen to Gov. Scott’s weekly press conferences, and I am grateful that he is taking a thoughtful, measured, and science-based approach to managing the COVID-19 crisis in Vermont.
However, looking forward, we need to plan as a state for continuing our progress towards the goal of having everybody in Vermont have good (!), affordable health insurance. I continue to believe that the best way to achieve this is with a single-payer healthcare approach. Amongst those currently running to be our next governor, I think that David Zuckerman is the most likely to make progress on this issue. David has been a successful policy maker since starting his political career in the Vermont House back in 1997, when he sponsored bills in support of a single-payer health care system.
David promotes healthy dialogue to search for the best solutions — he is a good listener — he brings people together, which is part of the reason why he was elected as our lieutenant governor in 2016. I hope you will join me in supporting David to be the next governor of Vermont.
Tim Guiles
Brandon
