Susan Collins wrote a letter on the same subject to Jeff Sessions; she hoped Barr would reconsider DOJ’s refusal to defend the ACA but instead he went from no pre-ex to total annihilation. 2/
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Susan Collins tells me she plans to write a letter to Barr expressing her disappointment that he is not defending the ACA in court. 1/
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Susan Collins hopes justices will ultimately determine anything unconstitutional in ACA should be severed so rest of law stands. 3/
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Susan Collins during her pivotal speech backing Kavanaugh expressed confidence he would not overturn the ACA’s protections. 4/
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Asked if she has a Plan B if court nukes ACA, she notes she still supports her reinsurance plan.
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Sensed very little appetite from Senate Rs to re-engage on ACA repeal or rewrite today. Lamar especially.
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Worth rereading this quote from Lamar Alexander torching Jeff Sessions’ (and Josh Hadley’s) legal reasoning on trying to take out the ACA’s protectionshttps://twitter.com/steventdennis/status/1006648588372529153?s=21 …
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Susan Collins tells me the way presidents should try and change laws is by passing new ones in Congress - not what’s happening with ACA.
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Susan Collins backs Trump effort to make GOP the party of health care BUT: "I believe that he's sort of got the cart before the horse. That you need to have a plan for what a replacement would be that would improve upon the ACA," the Maine senator said.
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