Did you miss Democratic candidate for governor Peter Shumlin's health care press conference on Tuesday?
We have video from the event right here for you.
Here's the lede from Peter Hirschfeld's story in the Times Argus and Rutland Herald yesterday:
The Democratic candidate for governor, Peter Shumlin, reiterated his promise to deliver a single-payer system to Vermont and said campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry have unduly influenced his Republican opponent’s stance on health-care issues.
Brian Dubie’s allegiance to health insurers and the pharmaceutical industry, Shumlin said at a press conference Tuesday, would stymie the kind of reform needed to decrease skyrocketing health-care expenses.
Since Dubie assumed public office in 2002, according to Shumlin, he has accepted more than $10,000 in campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry.
“I will not and have not taken money from the pharmaceutical industry to fund this campaign, because we know what happens when politicians do – change does not happen,” Shumlin said. “I know that the person who I’m running against has accepted over $10,000 in public life from the pharmaceutical industry. I know given a choice of myself or Brian, they would choose Brian.”
- Dan Barlow
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