Posted on 07/30/2017 7:01:11 PM PDT by Libloather
Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins said that she would not be swayed by President Donald Trump’s apparent threats to pull the plug on key Obamacare funds, including subsidies for members of Congress and their staff.
In a Sunday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Collins first said that even if Trump cut off Congress’ subsidies, it would not change her mind about opposing the health care repeal.
Tapper then asked whether if cuts to cost sharing reduction payments, or CSRs, that the federal government provides for low-income people would affect her decision.
“It would not affect my vote on health care but it’s an example of why we need to act ― to make sure that those payments, which are not an insurance company bailout, but rather help people who are very low income afford their out-of-pocket costs toward their deductibles and their co-pays,” Collins said in response.
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[it would not change her mind about opposing the health care repeal.]
Notice the play on words.
We’re repealing “health care” now?
A late term abortion would change her ability to vote. Just saying.
How is money going to the insurance company not a bailout? Which then the insurance companies give some money back to the senators. It’s a scam.
Collins was reelected with 68%
take defunding planned parenthood off the table and she might
It’s okay susan: you #fakeamerican rinos will soon attain minority status with your fellow uniparty libholes.
FUC-ollins!
she’s been trouble for a long time,
pray that Maine voters replace her ASAP!
Threaten to put her under the same sh*tty plan as the rest of ‘murica.
No more cadillac plans for congress critters.
Well then, let’s see a list of insurance companies the subsidies are scheduled for and beside the amount of the subsidy let’s list their profit last year
So Trump should make good the threats and make them FACT.
What kind of take do these senators get from Insurance companies ...? Who’s really buying their votes?
The corruption is incredible. People have no idea.
Her mind is corrupted. It does not compute.
So what will happen, Susan, when Maine loses federal $$?
What will you say to the constituents who elected you?
Okay, she was consistent in not wanting to fully repeal without a replacement because she also voted against it while Obama was President.
So...where is *her* bill? She’s had 7 years to have her staff write it up. I’m sure the reporter asked her this question, right? (yes, that last sentence is sarcastic)
We need term limits oh so very badly. She’s an old, ensconced RINO beotch just like McLame is the same. Out with the old, in with the bold.
This could only happen if her voters were getting so damn many freebies that they couldn't afford to be cut off the Federal Teat.
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