In an article entitled “Vermonters Must Lead the Way,” which appeared in the Burlington Free Press, NESRI Partner James Haslam of the Vermont Workers’ Center responds to what he sees as a lot of “tinkering around the edges of a health care mess.”  Haslam suggests that Vermonters will need to lead the way by establishing health care not as a market commodity, but as a basic right.”  He continues, “Having health care as a right means that we’ll pool our money together to provide health care for everyone who needs it, like having a fire department, public education system and maintained roads.”  Read the article here.