The health care bill pushed through recently by the U.S. House suffered a potentially crippling blow Wednesday when the Congressional Budget Office declared it would cause 23 million Americans to lose insurance coverage during the next decade. It said in particular the plan would become too costly for many people, particularly older, sicker Americans who […]
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Fraud alert: Don’t say ‘yes’
AARP’s Fraud Watch Network Help Line has recently fielded lots of calls about the “Say yes” scam, according to AARP. On April 2, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, warned that a new telephone scam was attempting to steal voice recordings of people. The scammers call and ask a question to get the caller to say […]
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Susan Collins says amendment approved to promote generic drugs
PORTLAND — Maine U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says an amendment she proposed to improve generic drug competition has been approved as part of the Food and Drug Reauthorization Act. Collins says the measure is part of an investigation into “aggressive price hikes” in prescription drugs, and it will improve generic drug competition to help make […]
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Susan Collins votes with Dems to reject repeal of environmental regulation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate narrowly voted down a resolution on Wednesday to repeal an Obama-era rule regulating methane emissions from drilling on public lands – with three Republicans joining every Democrat to preserve the rule. The 51 to 49 vote marked the first time since President Donald Trump’s election that Republicans have failed in […]
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Susan Collins says Senate will take time to get health bill right
Republican senators plan to write a health-care bill that could be radically different from the one passed last week by the House, including keeping some of the benefits and safeguards currently enshrined within Obamacare. The Senate’s different approach means there’s no clear timetable for producing a bill, and it likely ensures that President Donald Trump […]
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Susan Collins says House health care bill has more questions than answers
WASHINGTON — Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives. Thursday’s 217-213 House passage — with […]
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Susan Collins, Angus King go on ‘Meet the Press’ to discuss health care policy
Vice President Mike Pence went on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to talk up a state health care reform baked into Republicans’ Affordable Care Act replacement plan. But our U.S. senators seemed split on whether that’s a good thing. After their last replacement plan was pulled in March for lack of support, Republican leaders have made changes […]
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Appreciates Sen. Collins’ efforts
With all of the discourse all around, both in life and in politics, there is some comfort in knowing that Maine is well represented in Washington, D.C. In the early 1990s, I met with Sen. Susan Collins on education issues and I did so again more recently. Whether it is education, business or social issues, […]
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Susan Collins may run for governor in 2018 ‘to heal the state’
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine Calling it “a hard decision,” U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday she’s mulling whether to run for governor in 2018 in a bid to “try to heal the state and bring people back together.” Collins, a Republican, told the Portland-based WGAN radio that she is weighing whether she should seek […]
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Democrats were right to oppose
I reject Sen. Susan Collins’ claim that Democrats had no reason to oppose Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. In the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, he sided with corporate “rights” (privileges) over women’s rights. He sided against consumers ruling for corporations that swindled them. He ruled in favor of corporations against the right of […]