By Matthew Gagnon on Tuesday, December 15, 2009

We have been saying Collins was a no on this bill for a long time now, but we are not beginning to see the Senator herself more or less confirm this.

In today’s Washington Examiner, Collins told Byron York that she believes this bill is simply too flawed for her to support, and her continued activity on the bill is more a matter of trying to improve it as much as possible, even if it won’t ultimately get her support.

Collins:

“I don’t see voting for the current bill that is on the floor, even with the improvements that have been made,” Collins said. “I’m very leery of the impact of nearly $500 billion in Medicare cuts, particularly the cuts in home health care, which are completely counterproductive to the goal of lowering costs.”

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