I think that is a great motto for the bill that we are crafting.

Is it not very difficult to produce savings from innovation in the very first year that you try a new approach?

It should bring premiums down remarkably.

30 years ago, Caribou, ME, served as the proving ground upon which America has built a nationwide system of community-based outpatient clinics that delivers much improved access to medical services for America's rural veterans. The…

One of the keys to driving down rates in the individual market is to broaden the market and to get as many people as we can enrolled.

I think if you look at the experience of those two States alone, it shows the benefit of reinsurance pools.

Thank you, Mr. President. I rise in support of the Food and Drug Administration Reauthorization Act that we are now considering. Let me begin by commending Chairman Alexander and Ranking Member Murray of the Senate Health, Education…

I ask unanimous consent that the letters be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the letters were ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Penobscot Community Health Care, August 2, 2017. Hon. Susan Collins, U.S…

I rise today to introduce legislation with my colleague from Montana, Senator Tester, that would extend an important program to fund Teaching Health Centers, which support the health and well-being of families in rural and medically…

Richard Dudman, one of our Nation's most esteemed journalists, passed away at his Maine home last night. I rise today in tribute to a great American reporter and engaged citizen. After serving in the Merchant Marine and U.S. Navy Reserve…

in 2001, Maine's legendary Ellsworth American newspaper celebrated its 150th year by launching a new enterprise, the Mount Desert Islander, dedicated to covering every aspect of life in a place of extraordinary beauty. It is a pleasure to…

today I am pleased to be joined by my friend and colleague from Delaware, Senator Chris Coons, in introducing the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017. Our legislation would make it the policy of the United States to lead an effort to…

I rise to introduce a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day. I am pleased to have been joined in sponsoring this resolution by the senior Senator from West Virginia, Senator Manchin, and 25 of…

There is a big opportunity here and I wanted to ask you to consider having it be one of the 'bully pulpit sermons' of your tenure as Surgeon General to help catalyze that enormous potential to help Americans get the care that they want.

We held a hearing in the Aging Committee, Senator Casey and I, and a clear message from that hearing was the need for kinship parents to have greater access to information about the resources that are available to assist them.

I think, by and large, we do a terrible job of doing that.

Senator Casey and I have introduced the Supporting Grandparent Raising Grandchildren Act.

few issues are as important or personal to the American people as healthcare, which is why this debate has been so fervent and ignites such passion. On the one hand, the Affordable Care Act, ACA, has allowed millions of individuals and…

Thank you, seriously, thank you, Chairman Collins, for your outstanding leadership, and thank you, Ranking Member Casey, for your support of T1D research and coverage for technologies like the continuous glucose monitor.

this research has made a difference in my life--it has made a difference in the lives of everyone in this room--and millions more.

This device has given Jonathan better blood sugar control than he has ever had in his diabetic life.

Senator Collins, I particularly want to thank you for your steadfast commitment and outstanding leadership to advance Type 1 diabetes research and to help people gain access to new technologies.

thank you and your colleagues for the bipartisan support of the Special Diabetes Program.

What a wonderful sea of blue I see out there. Welcome.

It is such a privilege to work with JDRF, whose commitment to finding a cure is unwavering.