All in all, these factors suggest why, when Senator Collins took a look at Maine, she found that 87 percent of people in Maine are paying less for their individual policies than the policies would cost under the Reid bill. It is true that…

The one-size-fits-all provision in the Democratic bill says all individual and small group policies must have an actuarial value of 60 percent. Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who was the insurance commissioner of Maine, made a speech on…

Now, the President said: Wait a minute. The premiums in the individual market will go down 14 to 20 percent. That is also in the same letter. Of course, he is right about that. They go down because of administrative efficiencies and new…

Finally, the young and the healthy can skip out of this. That will drive up premiums. They may decide they would rather pay a $750 fine than $2,500 for a health insurance policy they think they don't need. The American Academies of…

The point is, Medicaid only pays doctors and hospitals about 60 percent of the cost of serving the 60 million patients who are now there. The Democratic bill would add 15 million to 18 million more patients. So what do the doctors and…

Younger Americans in the individual market will pay higher premiums under the Democratic plan because, as I mentioned earlier, it will mandate for individual coverage that I can't pay more than three times as much as my son can pay for an…

At our summit on Thursday, there were a number of good ideas about reducing health care costs that the President seemed to share with Republican Members who were there. There was some obvious irritation on the part of the majority leader…

I thank the President. Here is a third reason, in addition to government mandates and taxes, that will cause premiums to rise. We call it cost-shift. Premiums will increase because the bill dumps 15 million to 18 million more Americans…

But today what I wish to do in the next few minutes is explain why I believe I am correct, that under the President's health insurance plan, which is based upon the Senate plan, for millions of Americans in the individual market, premiums…

It was my privilege last Thursday, along with some other Members of the Senate, to attend a health care summit at the invitation of President Obama. It went on a long time. We learned one thing we already knew, that our President is smart…

Today Senator Carper and I have joined with Senators Klobuchar, Collins, Gregg, Kaufman, Graham, Feinstein, Shaheen, Schumer, Lieberman, and Snowe to introduce the Clean Air Act Amendments of 2010. This bill is about clean air and the…

I look forward to the President's State of the Union Address on Wednesday, as I know most Americans do. There is a lot of talk about how the President might reconnect with the American people. The President himself said a couple of days…

during our recent health care debate I heard a number of times from our friends on the other side of the aisle this question: What are Republicans for? Well, they will wait a long time if they are waiting for the Republican leader, Senator…

Massachusetts voters yesterday sent a clear message that the Democratic majority in Congress is not in touch with the American people and that we ought to restart the health care debate. Senator-elect Scott Brown's independent voice will…