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Susan Collins: “One of the provisions... is requiring children with severe…”

Featuring: Susan Collins, Republican | U.S. Senate Maine

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2025 WMIF | Fireside Chat with Senator Susan Collins

Published | Video Starts at 25:59

But these cuts go way beyond that, way beyond that. One of the provisions that I'm about to introduce a bill on that bothers me One of the provisions... is requiring children with severe lifelong disabilities to have to re-register every six months to qualify for the Medicaid program. That makes no sense whatsoever. And I've seen that firsthand. I had some Families from Maine come to Washington with children who were severely disabled. Severely disabled. (25:59–26:21)

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Asserts that a provision requires children with severe disabilities to re-register for Medicaid every six months.

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