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Orrin Hatch: Does the Senator remember back in the late 1980s when the American people made us repeal the catastrophic health…

On the recordMay 20, 1998
Does the Senator remember back in the late 1980s when the American people made us repeal the catastrophic health insurance legislation, the same public considered and soundly rejected the Rube Goldberg-inspired, Ira Magaziner-designed Clinton health care reform proposal?
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing past health care reform efforts during a Senate debate.

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