Sen. Jim DeMint: 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. DeMint 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. DeMint voted No, which we score as unfavorable.
June 27, 2003
HR 1: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
Status: House passed
On Passage: H R 1 Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act [more]
Rep. DeMint voted No, which we score as a pro-consumer vote.