This article published in the New England Journal of Medicine explores the concept of single-payer health care that was included as a federal health care reform initiative, but may be implemented at the state level in Vermont. The goal of this initiative would be to control costs while also covering more of the uninsured.

HsiaoW. C. (2011). State-based single-payer health care-- as solution for the United States? New England Journal of Medicine, 364:1188-1190. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1100972. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1100972#t=article 

Author: William C. Hsiao