Sen. Jim Webb: 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. Webb voted No, which we score as a pro-consumer vote.
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. Webb voted Yes, which we score as a pro-consumer vote.