Sound Medicine – Vermont’s Single-Payer Healthcare Plan

Sound Medicine is a radio show produced by the Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio.  I was a guest earlier this week, talking about our Vermont’s single-payer law:

One state – Vermont – has decided to adopt a single-payer healthcare plan for its 600,000 residents.

The law doesn’t take effect until 2014, but healthcare policy experts are watching carefully to see whether it works better, worse, or entirely differently from the federal changes that take effect the same year.

Enjoy below!

Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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