Susan Collins actually said...

"if we keep cutting providers' reimbursements under the same system and do not reform the delivery of health care, we eventually are going to affect access and that concerns me greatly."

"I think this is a result of the recession and the result of cuts to providers."

"These indiscriminate cuts represent an utter failure to set priorities, and we simply cannot allow sequestration to go into effect."

"But it is one we do have to address, and we can't just do sequestration."