Susan Collins Says GOP Health Bill Needs ‘A Complete Overhaul’
A key Republican Senator just delivered a devastating blow to GOP hopes of passing Obamacare repeal.
Maine Susan Collins on Monday said it would take a “complete overhaul” for her to change her vote from no to yes on the GOP health bill.
“It was really interesting being back home last week because the one and only [thing] that came up, no matter where I was, time and again, was healthcare,” Collins, a critic of the healthcare bill, said during an interview with CNN.
“I do need a complete overhaul to get to a yes.”
Collins added that she thinks it’s important to work with Democrats on any health care legislation.
“My hope is that we can avoid the mistake that President Obama made when he passed a major healthcare reform bill, the Affordable Care Act, without a single Republican vote,” she said.
“I don’t want to see us make the same mistake and pass an overhaul of the law without a single Democratic vote. We get far better legalization when both parties work in good faith to reach a solution.”
The comments from Collins come as Republicans begin their final push in the Senate to get a vote before the August recess.
On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schummer called Mitch McConnell’s bluff on working with Democrats.
In a letter to McConnell, Schummer and three other top Senate Democrats said “We stand ready to work on … reforms to the current system and urge you to join us in advancing measures that would have an immediate impact on improving the health care system for American families.”
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