Sen. Orrin Hatch: key health care votes
This bill would end Medicare as we know it, replacing it with a voucher system for seniors to buy health insurance coverage on the open market. Actuaries say the amount of the vouchers would not be enough for seniors to replace the coverage they would lose with the end of Medicare. [more]
Sen. Hatch voted Yes, which we score as unfavorable.
July 15, 2008
S 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
Status: House veto overridden
On Overriding the Veto H.R. 6331 [more]
Sen. Hatch voted No, which we score as unfavorable.
November 25, 2003
S 1: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
Status: House conference report agreed to
On the Conference Report H.R. 1 [more]
Sen. Hatch voted Yes, which we score as unfavorable.