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6 October
10:17 pm

I authored the fifty billion dollar fund to help rural health care.

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Susan Collins, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WGME)

10:17 pm
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Why we checked itCollins claims authorship of a specific $50 billion rural health care fund included in the bill — the figure and her authorship role are verifiable against legislative records.
What we foundCollins played a significant originating role in proposing and expanding the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, but the fund was ultimately enacted as part of a broader Republican legislative package (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) that Collins herself voted against, and other Republican senators are also credited with its creation.
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