--- title: Susan Collins Won't Support Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill description: Maine Senator Susan Collins said she will vote against the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, becoming the third GOP Senator to oppose it canonical: https://time.com/4956657/susan-collins-health-care-bill-graham-cassidy/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-25T22:30:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:53:36.590Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sen. 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Susan Collins Won't Support the GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill twitter:description: She called the bill "deeply flawed" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d3172e0e1291cc9/6988df500a4a2214679d0105/susan-collins-republican-last-ditched-effort-repeal-obamacare.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sen. Susan Collins Won't Support the GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: September 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. D.C. Brief goes beyond the Washington headlines to explain the politics, personalities and power dynamics shaping what happens next. 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Maine Senator Susan Collins said Monday that she will vote against the Graham-Cassidy health care bill, becoming the third Republican Senator to oppose the latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act._  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 25, 2017 10:30 PM UTC  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Sep 25, 2017 10:30 PM UTC Maine Senator Susan Collins said Monday that she will vote against the [Graham-Cassidy health care bill](http://time.com/4951982/graham-cassidy-cbo-score-obamacare/), becoming the [third Republican Senator](http://time.com/4955791/graham-cassidy-republican-mccain/) to oppose the latest effort to [repeal the Affordable Care Act](http://time.com/4956397/graham-cassidy-republican-health-care-protests/). “Today, we find out that there is now a fourth version of the Graham-Cassidy proposal, which is as deeply flawed as the previous iterations,” she said in a statement on Monday. “The fact that a new version of this bill was released the very week we are supposed to vote compounds the problem.” The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that the latest version of the bill would reduce insurance coverage for “millions,” the Associated Press reported. Collins joins fellow Republican Senators John McCain and Rand Paul in opposing the bill, all but guaranteeing its demise. ## Transcript I wanted to wait until the CBO analysis came out to ensure that it confirmed what I believed would be the impact of the Graham- Cassidy bill on the number of Americans receiving health insurance coverage. And it found, as I expected would be the case. That it would have a negative impact on millions of Americans who are now insured. So it was that final piece of the puzzle that I had been waiting to confirm. There are many problems in the Affordable Care Act that do need to be fixed. However, it was clear to me that the Graham- Cassidy bill was not the answer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4956657/susan-collins-health-care-bill-graham-cassidy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4956657/susan-collins-health-care-bill-graham-cassidy/"},"headline":"Sen. 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