One of the three Republican senators who voted against the “skinny repeal” of Obamacare called on the Senate to go back to the drawing board.
“The ball is really in our court right now,” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning, calling on senators to go back to the committees and create a series of healthcare bills.
“We need to go back to committee, identify the problems [with Obamacare], carefully evaluate possible solutions through hearings, and then produce a series of bills to correct these problems,” Collins said. “Our job is not done.”
The first issue Congress should address is the “impending collapse” of the insurance markets, she said.
“I certainly hope the administration does not do anything in the meantime to hasten that collapse,” Collins added.
On Saturday, President Trump threatened to end government payments to health insurers if Congress fails to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.
“[I]f a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” the president said in a tweet.
That threat from Trump, Collins said, would not flip her vote.
