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Darcie Johnston, Now Advocating for Scammy Christian “Health Ministries”

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Hey guys, remember Darcie Johnston? Former head of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, the conservative advocacy group that fought tooth and nail against single-payer health care? Wannabe campaign consultant with a dismal track record? Former Trump administration functionary who had a lead role in one of its many fuckups during the early days of the Covid pandemic?

Well, it has come to my attention that Johnston is now Deputy Director of something called the Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries, which lobbies in D.C. and state capitols on behalf of an industry that profits off the gullibility of conservative Christians — a business model that’s never been known to fail.

Health care sharing ministries market themselves to Evangelical types as a cheaper option for health coverage — but when it comes to regulatory oversight, insist they are not insurers at all, just simple humble charities. The last thing they need is pesky state or federal regulators sticking their noses into the Lord’s work.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Hack has left the building

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Darcie Johnston, consistently loserish conservative campaign consultant and the “brains” behind Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, and one of the dead-enders sidelined by the Phil Scott/Dave Sunderland takeover of the VTGOP, has taken to Twitter to lend her support to…

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For those who can’t place the name, Dan Feliciano is the Libertarian candidate for Governor. He credits himself with being a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. So I guess he’s a champion of a management process that’s been out of vogue since the 1990s.

Plus, for someone whose mantra is “deep Expertise (sic) in helping organizations, private and public sector, decrease costs, improve productivity, customer satisfaction and revenue,” his campaign website is full of typos, grammatical errors, and non sequiturs. A brief sampling, and this is just from the home page:

“People should be empowered AND accountable to live the lives they chose.”

many other states have experienced a sharp decline on tax revenues

My prior experience AND expertise includes actually doing the following; (as a matter of fact, I’m probably the only candidate who has actual experience doing the following with the exception of cutting taxes but neither do the other candidates.) Cut spending and improving productivity.

No Single payor system

Equal rights and equal freedom for all Vermonters, all Vermonters

Plus, as you saw above, whenever the word “expertise” appears, the first “E” is capitalized and the entire word is in bold print, which is the sort of thing you expect from fringey nutball candidates.

Oh yeah, never mind.

Anyway, I do believe the Hack has finally found a candidate who can live down to her standards. I’m sure Scott Milne and the entire Vermont Republican Party are crestfallen by the loss of her support.