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6 October
10:41 pm

I spent a year when I was running for governor in 1994 where I could not afford health insurance.

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

10:41 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific claim about a verifiable historical period (1994 gubernatorial run) and her insurance status — checkable against public records of her 1994 campaign and financial disclosures.
What we foundThe claim that Collins could not afford health insurance during her 1994 gubernatorial run is plausible given her documented employment gap but cannot be confirmed or denied by any source independent of Collins herself.
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