Media recently reported that “two health provider groups brought alarming anecdotes and statistics to the House Committee on Health Care.” One legislator compared Vermont’s health care system to a village on fire. The testimony came from: Devon Green of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. Jessa Barnard of the Vermont Medical Society, which represents 2,600 physicians and physician assistants. Rest assured that the same privilege has been accorded to insurers like Blue Cross and MVP, as well as the University of Vermont Health Network. What’s missing here? The voices of the villagers, those ordinary people caught in the