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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/
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/
Susan Collins hopes justices will ultimately determine anything unconstitutional in ACA should be severed so rest of law stands. 3/
Susan Collins during her pivotal speech backing Kavanaugh expressed confidence he would not overturn the ACA’s protections. 4/
Asked if she has a Plan B if court nukes ACA, she notes she still supports her reinsurance plan.
Sensed very little appetite from Senate Rs to re-engage on ACA repeal or rewrite today. Lamar especially.
Worth rereading this quote from Lamar Alexander torching Jeff Sessions’ (and Josh Hadley’s) legal reasoning on trying to take out the ACA’s protections
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.
*Hawley not Hadley typo
The letter is still being drafted.
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.
"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.
