Augusta, Maine Today, on the anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid being signed into law, Maine Democratic Party spokesperson Tommy Garcia released the following statement on Susan Collins’ long history of voting to weaken Medicare and Medicaid:

“Susan Collins has a decades-long record of working to weaken and dismantle Medicare and Medicaid – programs that serve as lifelines for hundreds of thousands of Mainers. In 2026, Mainers will reject Collins’ history of supporting drastic, dangerous cuts to these critical programs.”

Reminder: Maine has the highest percentage of residents over the age of 65 in the country – nearly 400,000 Mainers depend on Medicare. Another 400,000 Mainers rely on the Medicaid program, MaineCare. And yet, Susan Collins has voted numerous times to gut Medicare, greenlight cuts to MaineCare, restrict Mainers' access to health care, and oppose lowering health care costs for prescription drugs.

Here is a reminder of Collins’ record:

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