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Human rights from the grassroots up: Vermont’s campaign for universal health care

McGill, Mariah
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health ethics
health care
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Political ethics
Bioethics
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In 2008, the Vermont Workers’ Center launched the “Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign,” a grassroots campaign to secure the creation of a universal health care system in Vermont. Campaign organizers used a human rights framework to mobilize thousands of voters in support of universal health care. In response to this extraordinary grassroots effort, the state legislature passed health care legislation that incorporates human rights principles into Vermont law and provides a framework for universal health care.
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2012
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