Lost this week amid the deafening cries for the bloody corpse of Osama bin Laden, is the fact that the state of Vermont has passed a single payer universal health care plan for all of its residents. On Thursday lawmakers in Vermont’s State House approved the final version of their universal health care bill on a 94-to-49 vote. Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has stated that he will sign the bill into law.
In addition to accomplishing the gargantuan feat of providing a viable and affordable health care model for the entire country to emulate, this week Vermont's lawmakers have also cleared the way for the enactment of the state-licensed distribution of medical marijuana
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