updated 1:23 p.m. ET, Wed., Oct . 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders.
But Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told The Associated Press that the bill approved Tuesday by the Finance Committee needs substantial improvements to make coverage more affordable, contain costs, and protect Medicare. Nevertheless, she joined her Maine GOP colleague Sen. Olympia Snowe in endorsing the goal of far-reaching changes.
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Wednesday, Snowe tackled the most divisive issue still on the table: creation of a government insurance plan that would compete with private ones.
While emphasizing that she still opposes the so-called public option, Snowe said in a nationally broadcast interview that she could foresee a government-run plan that would "kick in" if private insurers failed to live up to expectations that they keep premiums in check.
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When has business ever lived up to promises like this? This is like when Lucy holds the football for Charlie Brown and promises that this time she pull it away. He always thinks this time will be different, and he's always wrong. This attitude is especially crazy when we currently have the example of financial institutions, bailed out by taxpayer money so they could keep loans available to other businesses, giving big bonuses to their executives who caused the financial meltdown, while resuing loans to small businesses.
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