 |
SEARCH THE SITE
JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST
|
|
 |
||
 |
 |
Latest Podcast
Con Hogan: Vermonters Health Care Worries
High Road Vermont
55 East Bear Swamp Road
Middlesex, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 522-3484
info@highroadvermont.org
July 31, 2007
Critique: Business Roundtable on Trade & Jobs
(Microsoft Word file)
July 15, 2007
International Trade & VT Jobs
(Microsoft Word file)
July 15, 2007
VT Companies certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(Microsoft Word file)
July 15, 2007
Occupational Employment & Wages for Exporting Industries
(Microsoft Word file)
July 15, 2007
Comments on the Forbes business climate rankings
(Microsoft Word file)
April 30, 2007
Comments on JFO Livable Wage Calculations for UVM
(Microsoft Word file)
April 29, 2007
Truth of health care is very inconvenient
(Microsoft Word file)
March 12, 2007
Commission on Future of Economic Development
(Microsoft Word file)
October 6, 2006
Jobs & Economic Development in VT
(Acrobat PDF file)
March 12, 2006
Business Climate -- Interstate Business Relocation, Myths vs. Re
(external link)
February 23, 2006
The Growing Cost of the Wal-Mart Health Care Crisis
(Acrobat PDF file)
February 17, 2006
Hidden Subsidies for Low Road Employers
(Microsoft Word file)
February 17, 2006
Costs to State of Large Retail’s Low Road
(Microsoft Word file)
February 12, 2006
Economic Development VT: Funding, Priorities, Performance
(external link)
February 10, 2006
Income Inequality Has Increased In Vermont
(Acrobat PDF file)
February 10, 2006
Lost manufacturing jobs: The real cost of US trade policies
(Microsoft Word file)
February 9, 2006
Economic Development in VT: Performance
(Acrobat PDF file)
February 9, 2006
Wal-Mart and County-Wide Poverty
(Acrobat PDF file)
January 23, 2006
Comments on tax expenditure report
(Microsoft Word file)
January 11, 2006
Fair Share for Health Care
(Acrobat PDF file)
January 1, 2006
Comment re. WCAX & Free Press reports on income
(Microsoft Word file)
November 4, 2005
Comment re. Free Press article on the economy
(Microsoft Word file)
September 22, 2005
Response to Sec. Dorn re. VEPC
(Microsoft Word file)
September 21, 2005
Secretary Dorn's response to VEPC editorial
(Microsoft Word file)
September 20, 2005
Brattleboro Reformer editorial on VEPC & Husky
(Microsoft Word file)
September 6, 2005
Response to Commissioner Quinn re. workforce training
(Microsoft Word file)
August 26, 2005
Paying for Dairy Promotion
(Microsoft Word file)
August 20, 2005
Letter to Free Press re. article on business costs
(Microsoft Word file)
August 19, 2005
Letter to Free Press re. unemployment figures
(Microsoft Word file)
July 13, 2005
Health care taxes again
(Microsoft Word file)
June 9, 2005
Health care and taxes
(Microsoft Word file)
May 24, 2005
Reducing toxics: measuring success
(Microsoft Word file)
April 27, 2005
Economic Literacy 101
(Microsoft Word file)
April 20, 2005
Hidden Subsidies
(Microsoft Word file)
April 19, 2005
Comments on Free Press health care article
(Microsoft Word file)
April 14, 2005
Another exchange with Brian Joyce
(Microsoft Word file)
April 12, 2005
An exchange with reporter Brian Joyce
(Microsoft Word file)
April 4, 2005
Comment on Free Press health care editorial
(Microsoft Word file)
March 21, 2005
Low hanging fruit: the Financial Services Tax Credit program
(Microsoft Word file)
March 21, 2005
An exchange with reporter Shawn Turner
(Microsoft Word file)
February 18, 2005
Recommendation for economic development
(Microsoft Word file)
January 31, 2005
"Buy local" should be more than talk
(Microsoft Word file)
January 31, 2005
Everyday Low Wages
(Microsoft Word file)
January 31, 2005
Electric Costs: A Different Perspective
(Microsoft Word file)
January 31, 2005
Targeted State purchasing as a tool for economic development
(Microsoft Word file)
January 11, 2005
"Consumer-Driven" Healthcare
October 1, 2004
ETIs: Opportunities for Public Pension Funds
(Acrobat PDF file)
September 23, 2004
Response to the GOP's Spin on Jobs
September 21, 2004
Vermont Labor on Failed Job Policies
February 11, 2004
2009 Unified Economic Development Budget Report
(Microsoft Word file)
Truth of health care is very inconvenient, Cornelius Hogan, Dr. Deborah Richter and Terry Doran
Several weeks ago an important report commissioned by the Vermont Health Care Commission was quietly posted on the Legislative Council Web site. No fanfare, no press conferences, no attention given. Media ignored it. The committee that ordered it ignored it. The Legislature ignored it. The administration ignored it. The report's findings tumbled into the political abyss.
And yet the report contains a message that affects every one of us. What it says ought to be engraved in the thinking of every legislator and every administration member. We can hope the powers that be take it to heart. They ought to. They paid for it.
The subject of the report is health care reform. More precisely, financing health care. It says that unless we find a way to control the overall costs of health care there is no way we can keep paying for it at the current rate of increase.
Read more at: http://tinyurl.com/2cn7yl
MORE>>
Critique: Business Roundtable on Trade & Jobs, Doug Hoffer July 31, 2007 (Microsoft Word file)
International Trade & VT Jobs, Doug Hoffer July 15, 2007 (Microsoft Word file)
VT Companies certified for Trade Adjustment Assistance, Doug Hoffer July 15, 2007 (Microsoft Word file)
Occupational Employment & Wages for Exporting Industries, Doug Hoffer July 15, 2007 (Microsoft Word file)
Comments on the Forbes business climate rankings, Doug Hoffer July 15, 2007 (Microsoft Word file)
Comments on JFO Livable Wage Calculations for UVM, Doug Hoffer April 30, 2007 (Microsoft Word file)
Truth of health care is very inconvenient, Cornelius Hogan, Dr. Deborah Richter and Terry Doran April 29, 2007 (Microsoft Word file)
Commission on Future of Economic Development, Doug Hoffer March 12, 2007 (Microsoft Word file)
Jobs & Economic Development in VT, Doug Hoffer October 6, 2006 (Acrobat PDF file)
Business Climate -- Interstate Business Relocation, Myths vs. Re, Doug Hoffer, Peace & Justice Center March 12, 2006 (external link)
The Growing Cost of the Wal-Mart Health Care Crisis, WakeUpWalMart.com February 23, 2006 (Acrobat PDF file)
Hidden Subsidies for Low Road Employers, Doug Hoffer February 17, 2006 (Microsoft Word file)
Costs to State of Large Retail’s Low Road, Traen Leyshonv February 17, 2006 (Microsoft Word file)
Economic Development VT: Funding, Priorities, Performance, Doug Hoffer, Peace & Justice Center February 12, 2006 (external link)
Income Inequality Has Increased In Vermont, Economic Policy Institute/Center on Budget & Policy Prioriti February 10, 2006 (Acrobat PDF file)
Lost manufacturing jobs: The real cost of US trade policies, Doug Hoffer February 10, 2006 (Microsoft Word file)
Economic Development in VT: Performance, Doug Hoffer/Peace & Justice Center February 9, 2006 (Acrobat PDF file)
Wal-Mart and County-Wide Poverty, Stephan J. Goetz & Hema Swaminathan February 9, 2006 (Acrobat PDF file)
Comments on tax expenditure report, Doug Hoffer January 23, 2006 (Microsoft Word file)
Fair Share for Health Care, Traven Leyshon January 11, 2006 (Acrobat PDF file)
Comment re. WCAX & Free Press reports on income, Doug Hoffer January 1, 2006 (Microsoft Word file)
Comment re. Free Press article on the economy, Doug Hoffer November 4, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Response to Sec. Dorn re. VEPC, Doug Hoffer September 22, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Secretary Dorn's response to VEPC editorial, Kevin Dorn September 21, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Brattleboro Reformer editorial on VEPC & Husky, Brattleboro Reformer September 20, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Response to Commissioner Quinn re. workforce training, Doug Hoffer September 6, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Paying for Dairy Promotion, Doug Hoffer August 26, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Letter to Free Press re. article on business costs, Doug Hoffer August 20, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Letter to Free Press re. unemployment figures, Doug Hoffer August 19, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Health care taxes again, Doug Hoffer July 13, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Health care and taxes, Doug Hoffer June 9, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Reducing toxics: measuring success, Doug Hoffer May 24, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Economic Literacy 101, Doug Hoffer April 27, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Hidden Subsidies, Doug Hoffer April 20, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Comments on Free Press health care article, Doug Hoffer April 19, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Another exchange with Brian Joyce, Doug Hoffer April 14, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
An exchange with reporter Brian Joyce, Doug Hoffer April 12, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Comment on Free Press health care editorial, Doug Hoffer April 4, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Low hanging fruit: the Financial Services Tax Credit program, Doug Hoffer March 21, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
An exchange with reporter Shawn Turner, Doug Hoffer March 21, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Recommendation for economic development, Doug Hoffer February 18, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
"Buy local" should be more than talk, Doug Hoffer January 31, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Everyday Low Wages, Doug Hoffer January 31, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Electric Costs: A Different Perspective, Doug Hoffer January 31, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
Targeted State purchasing as a tool for economic development, Doug Hoffer January 31, 2005 (Microsoft Word file)
"Consumer-Driven" Healthcare, Traven Leyshon January 11, 2005
ETIs: Opportunities for Public Pension Funds, Doug Hoffer October 1, 2004 (Acrobat PDF file)
Response to the GOP's Spin on Jobs, Doug Hoffer September 23, 2004
Vermont Labor on Failed Job Policies, Sue Lucas September 21, 2004
2009 Unified Economic Development Budget Report, Doug Hoffer February 11, 2004 (Microsoft Word file)
