Tevye Kelman: Aim higher than universal primary care

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Tevye Kelman, of Washington, who is a high school English teacher and a member of the Vermont Workers’ Center.
While VTDigger’s coverage of the legislative hearing on health care access on Jan. 23 was laudable for bringing Vermont’s health care crisis back into the news cycle, it was disappointing to see the hearing characterized as a “cheering section for enacting universal primary care.” At the hearing, I heard resounding