Hatch: Public Option A Trojan Horse For Single Payer System
During a heated debate over the America’s Healthy Future act, the prospect of tje public option was raised. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) called public option a “Trojan horse, for a single payer system”. Hatch compared health care reform to how the Medicare system has turned out, calling the Medicare program a “Fiscal Meltdown.” (1:13)
September 29, 2009
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September 29th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I am all for health care reform, the government just has a bad history of dealing with money… I’m not into big government, but I also feel for the millions of people who do not have or can afford health care.. what a dilemma.