It would let states keep the ACA insurance programs they have or try other options, she says, hoping millions would avoid losing health coverage after a repeal of the law.
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Nursing broken ankle, Sen. Collins won’t be hitting inaugural dance floors
She can walk with crutches but she’s been using a motorized scooter to get around the Capitol.
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Sen. Collins names panel to vet applicants for federal jobs in Maine
Jobs include U.S. attorney, U.S. marshal and federal judgeships.
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Sen. Susan Collins breaks ankle in slip on ice at her Bangor home
Maine’s Republican senator doesn’t expect the injury to cause her to miss any work in Congress.
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Susan Collins urges action to block drastic drug price increases
She and Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri release findings from a year-long investigation into drug companies.
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Collins draws contrast with Trump on Russia, Affordable Care Act
The Republican senator says Russian interference in the presidential election is a ‘very serious concern’ and that the health care law should not be repealed without a viable substitute in place.
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At New Balance in Skowhegan, Maine delegation touts defense bill favoring U.S.-made shoes
During his remarks, Rep. Bruce Poliquin criticized the federal government for needing to ‘invest in its workers’ and called its delay in adopting such rules to be ‘shameful.’
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House passes bill Sen. Collins authored to counter Boko Haram terrorist threat
Maine’s senior senator says the legislation will ‘send an international signal that we will never forget the girls of Nigeria’ who were kidnapped simply because they went to school.
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Sen. Collins has ‘reservations’ about privatizing Medicare, repealing health care law without replacement
Those positions would put Maine’s Republican senator at odds with party leaders, who are expected to pursue both initiatives in the new year.
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Lack of data makes financial abuse of seniors nearly impossible to measure, Collins’ committee told
Most states don’t track such cases, the Government Accountability Office reports at a Senate Aging Committee hearing that includes a reference to a recent Maine Sunday Telegram story.