Fifth District Congressman John Spratt held a telephone town hall meeting with residents of Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence and Marlboro counties Tuesday night.

The topic was health care reform. The Senate is debating a bill this week. The House passed a bill previously. The measure will end up in a conference committee where differences will be worked out.

One caller said he felt that the Senate version of health care reform had been watered down so much that it would end up not being worth anything.  Spratt said the situation is better than that.  ”Senate Majority Leader Harry Reed spent about ten days getting it revamped, and he worked not only on the quality of the package, but he made sure that his troops were ready behind him.” [Read more...]