LePage again rips Collins, King for health care votes
LePage, who previously said he also opposed the Senate Republican bill that was defeated last week, said during a Tuesday radio interview on WVOM that independent Sen.
Early Friday morning, King joined
The vote has left the future of
LePage called the votes by King and Collins "disgusting," implying the senators were more interested in national exposure than representing
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King's office did not respond to a request for comment.
LePage called King a "spender" and said Collins "did not do her homework" prior to the vote.
Clark said Collins met with "countless people" in
As he has before, LePage suggested that federal legislation include provisions from a 2011 Maine law known as PL 90. That law created a high-risk pool for people with certain medical conditions and funded it with
However, it allowed insurers to charge older Mainers premiums up to three times higher, and opponents said PL 90 offered skimpier coverage and in some cases doubled the amount of out-of-pocket costs for consumers.
PL 90 was in effect for only about 18 months before the Affordable Care Act superseded it.
On Tuesday, LePage accused Collins of a lapse in judgment, though he said overall he has "great admiration" for her.
"When she's well briefed on an issue, most of the time she will take a reasonable vote," LePage said. "When she's not familiar with what's happening in her state and she's looking at the national stage and only the national stage, she makes a lot of errors."
Last month, Collins criticized the Senate Republican plan for a number of reasons, including proposed slashes to Medicaid that she said would threaten the existence of some
LePage continued his withering attacks on King, fanning rumors that he would challenge the incumbent in the 2018 election. LePage said a
"The article in the BDN yesterday really got me a lot closer when I found out where the source was," LePage said. "It was a Republican who is raising money for another campaign. That helps me make my mind up when that level of character is in a national race."
LePage has not filed as a candidate with the
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