Collins 'leaning against' voting for the Graham-Cassidy bill

[kstewart33]

Source: Portland Press Herald

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins all but said she would vote “no” on an Affordable Care Act repeal bill on Friday morning at an event in Portland.

“I’m leaning against the bill,” the Maine Republican said after listing a series of serious deficiencies in the Graham-Cassidy repeal bill.

She said Graham-Cassidy undermines pre-existing conditions, a major flaw in the bill.

“I’m reading the fine print on Graham-Cassidy,” Collins said. She said insurers could charge sky-high rates to people with pre-existing conditions. “The premiums would be so high they would be unaffordable.”

Read more: http://www.pressherald.com/2017/09/22/collins-says-shes-leaning-against-voting-for-graham-cassidy-health-care-bill/

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Honestly, she's almost worse than the rabid right wingers.

There's nothing here to consider. It's an awful bill that should be rejected without a second thought. She shouldn't be "leaning against it," and there's nothing to analyze. All she's doing with this statement is to suggest that it's a close call.

[cstanleytech]

2. I think its more like that she is simply saying that they have not yet met her price

but that they are close to it and if she decides she likes the offer then she will happily fuck over millions of americans.

[kstewart33]

4. I'd give Collins much more credit than that.

She voted against the bill in July, against great pressure from McConnell.

Collins is one of only a very few Republicans who have voted against her party in the Senate. Yes, she often gives in but sometimes she does not.

If she rejects the bill, that increases the chances that Murkowski will oppose it, too.

[cstanleytech]

12. I wouldnt give her that much not after her vote to shoehorn Gorsuch in office in place of Obamas

choice.

[kstewart33]

22. I see your point.

But if she stands against the G-C bill, she will deserve all the thanks she will get from the 76% of the public who currently oppose this piece of crap.

[harun]

25. Agree, she's a Northeast Republican, different type of constituents.

[dalton99a]

3. "I'm maybe possibly kinda thinking about not killing millions of Americans"

[pangaia]

5. She has to READ THE FINE PRINT ????

God almighty woman, it is a death sentence for millions, and you are just 'leaning"?

An this is sort of one of the 'good' republicans..
Give me a break.

[kstewart33]

6. She may be the only Republican Senator who has bothered to read the fine print.

Except perhaps Murkowski.

[pangaia]

9. I can believe that.

But, shit I don't have to read all the fine print to know what to do.
How fucking hard can it be?



Sorry to rant.. not at you...

arrgghhh

Here's a smily to prove it..

[kstewart33]

26. All is good.

Let's celebrate the moment and hope the votes go the way we think they will go.

[demosincebirth]

23. i've only known of one good republican in my life time-and it's not Collins, for sure.

[pangaia]

24. Yeah, I can understand that..I was using the term as a figure of speech..

[bucolic_frolic]

7. These GOP dopes are trying to have it all ways

They're trying to appear to pass the bill to feed their base and Trump, defeat it by a nose to bait their base with red meat outrage at liberals, keep Obamacare because it's popular but call it something else, and make off with the equity for themselves and their rich benefactors.

No wonder they can't pass anything! They're just too conflicted. This is bad policy improperly distilled. There is no consensus to do anything at all about healthcare, in part because they haven't put in the time and work to legislate.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. So you admit the bill will either kill me or bankrupt me, and yet your entire party

still supports it?

Why is this not the biggest news story since

I mean an entire political party openly trying to kill millions of it's own constituents?

[Promee]

10. This vascillating on their parts...

...is genuinely sadistic.

[Old Vet]

11. I dont know this time, Theres MAJOR pressure on these last Rs who voted no...

I HATE to say it but I think there gonna ram this bitch thru, The bill already promises Alaska and Maine a shitload more funding well above all the other states. As far as McCain, he knows that if he does it again the republicans will treat him like a diseased dog.

[riversedge]

14. , the bribe for Alaska is that THEY GET TO KEEP OBAMACARE!........

Link to tweet

[Old Vet]

20. I believe theres only a limited time they keep it though?

[riversedge]

21. I do not know. I read the story yesterday on DU but do not recall reading anything about a time

frame.

[riversedge]

13. Big: GOP Senator Susan Collins confirms Graham-Cassidy would gut protections for pre-existing condi

Holly O'Reilly and 10 others Retweeted
Greg Sargent?Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 1h1 hour ago

Big: GOP Senator Susan Collins confirms Graham-Cassidy would gut protections for pre-existing conditions:

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/09/22/collins-says-shes-leaning-against-voting-for-graham-cassidy-health-care-bill/ …

Link to tweet

[OKNancy]

15. McCain voting against, so I'd say it's dead if she follows through

[marylandblue]

16. If McCain is against it, she will be too

[janterry]

17. Leaning? Sure thing, Susan

Why leaning? Just say no

[AllyCat]

18. Collins only "leans against" when she knows the KGOP will have the votes without her

Then she can "vote against" and they get their legislation passed and she can go back to Maine looking like she tried to stand up for the little guy.

I take this as a bad sign for us.

[FiveGoodMen]

19. Even the best among the GOP are scum

[Bayard]

27. Like Rand Paul

I'll take a NO vote where I can get it.