PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sen. Susan Collins says a federal health care reform bill could be passed within six weeks, but only if partisan bickering is put aside.
Collins, R-Maine, told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday that she is optimistic that a new bill will come out of next week’s bipartisan White House health care summit.
Collins says there is widespread support among senators of both parties for a bill that includes tax credits for small businesses and the self-employed, cost-containment measures, insurance market reforms and a focus on wellness and health-promotion programs.
She says the gridlock and bitter rhetoric that has dominated the debate has concealed the fact there are many “significant reforms” that both parties agree on.
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