WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Susan Collins issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced that three of her bills advanced as standalone measures, while two additional bills she authored advanced in their entirety as part of a broader health care workforce bill. All five measures received strong bipartisan support during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee markup. Together, the measures would cap the monthly cost of insulin and strengthen the health care workforce in Maine and across the country.
"Families across Maine are being squeezed by rising health care costs, while rural hospitals and other providers are struggling to recruit and retain the skilled professiona...