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Susan Margaret Collins is a United States Senator from Maine, serving since January 7, 1997. A member of the Republican Party, Collins is known for her moderate stance on various issues, often working across party lines. Throughout her tenure, she has focused on a range of topics including healthcare, national security, and economic policy. Collins has been recognized for her independent approach to governance, often emphasizing the importance of bipartisanship in her legislative efforts.
I rise to commend Agriculture Committee Chairman Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow for their leadership in crafting a bipartisan farm bill that will help support our Nation's farmers and growers, provide funding for critical agriculture…
I have had specialists in Maine tell me that when patients realize that, they cancel the screening. It just does not make sense to me.
In the State of Maine, for example, the cost of a knee replacement can vary from less than $25,000 to more than $50,000.
Actually, without quality information, there is reason to believe it is going to make things worse because people are going to use price as a measure or a marker of quality.
The only way price transparency works is, as you said, if you have quality information, and that is how we do tradeoffs.
Researchers have also found that patients equate high prices with high quality.
Yet, if that person with diabetes loses a limb, or goes blind, or has a stroke, we will pay for all of those costs.
I really appreciate your being forthright about that, because I believe that if states understood that, they'd be more receptive to the help that I know Secretary Johnson offered.
The BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act would create an Alzheimer's public health infrastructure across the country.
I rise today to introduce legislation with my colleague from Ohio, Senator Sherrod Brown, that would remove an unnecessary, outdated barrier for Medicare beneficiaries managing diabetes. Our legislation would allow physician assistants…
in 1993, American journalist and author John Wallach hosted a dinner with leaders from Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority. As he toasted his guests, he urged each country to send 15 youngsters to a new summer camp he had…
I was very pleased this morning to hear you endorse the prohibition on gag clauses on pharmacists...
I'm also very concerned about the problems of gaming the patent system through strategies such as patent thickets and evergreening.
This system is opaque, and the incentives are frequently perverse in drug pricing.
Most patients are not going to assume that if they don't use their insurance, they'll get a better price.
It claims the lives of almost 120 Americans a day and about one a day in my State of Maine.
We are also grateful to Chairman Collins, who supports the elimination of the IMD exclusion.
The opioid epidemic is having a measurable negative impact on the life expectancy of Americans.
I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today about the impact this terrible crisis is having on older Americans.
Obviously, we want to build a workforce to provide geriatric care and ensure that older adults, and their families in rural America, are provided with the resources that they need to care for aging loved ones.
One of the main metrics for gauging our progress in developing a health care workforce to care for older adults is a certification in geriatrics.
In Maine, we are reaching that aging milestone faster than most states. Within the next 2 years, our seniors will outnumber our children, 15 years ahead of the national projections.
Yesterday, I introduced a bill with Senator Casey, the Geriatrics Workforce Improvement Act, which would reauthorize the GWEP programs and reinstate the Geriatric Academic Career Awards program.
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