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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 31, 2017

What has been lost in this debate is regardless of who was elected President, we were going to have to do major repairs on the Affordable Care Act.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 31, 2017

I hope we can get away from trying to make this a partisan debate.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 31, 2017

We have a problem where we are seeing nationwide average premium increases of 25 percent.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 31, 2017

$406 billion a year of undercollections, about $145 billion of improper payments, add those together, it is almost--well, it is slightly above this year's projected deficit.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 31, 2017

I would like your recommendation as to how we might further--not in detailed implementation, but is there some structural way that we can get at the problem of lack of implementation of your very good suggestions?

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 31, 2017

Providing IRS with additional money will eventually produce more revenue.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 31, 2017

Well, not to mention the fact that processing an electronic return is about a tenth as expensive as a paper return.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 23, 2017

I think the best chance you have to reduce the deficit or balance the budget is to accomplish economic growth.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 23, 2017

I have tried seriously to find economic studies that substantiate that. I have not been able to find them.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 23, 2017

We have to be really careful about this, that we not simply give ourselves a tax cut and then lay it on our kids.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Jan 23, 2017

I think it was a brilliant step to begin this discussion.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 17, 2017

Alzheimer's has become our Nation's most expensive disease. It costs society $263 billion a year; $150 of that comes from Medicare and Medicaid.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 17, 2017

For us to say that everything is going well with Obamacare is just not accurate, and that's why I feel that we do need to fix the flaws of what is a well-intentioned but deeply problematic law.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 17, 2017

I think most people reject that idea. As you said, we don't want to pull the rug out from under people who are relying on the insurance that has been provided through the ACA.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 17, 2017

I have been baffled over the years by what CMS reimburses for and what it fails to reimburse for.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Jan 17, 2017

Many of us have expressed concern about what would happen to the millions of Americans who are in the individual market of the ACA on the exchanges.

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