Collins Joins Dems In Voting For Insurance Company Amendment

“Let’s ban insurance companies from denying or delaying medically necessary healthcare to Americans,” Ossoff said on the Senate floor when introducing his amendment.

He shared with fellow senators the challenges faced by a constituent diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer, who struggled to get her medical care covered by her insurance company.

“Across America, insurance companies continue to deny and delay medically necessary healthcare,” Ossoff added.

Ossoff’s motion was similar to one he proposed during the Senate budget resolution in April, which aimed to create a point of order against any budget reconciliation bill that did not address insurance companies delaying or denying medical care, said the outlet.

Collins joined two other Republicans – Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) – in supporting Ossoff’s amendment in April.

But Sullivan and Hawley both voted against the amendment.

If Ossoff’s motion had passed, it would have annihilated the budget reconciliation bill, which would provide funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through 2029 if signed into law by President Trump.

This comes as renewed pressure over Congress passing the SAVE America Act.

House Speaker Mike Johnson recently met with President Trump to discuss the bill and the importance it will have on ensuring election integrity across the country.

During an interview on Fox News, the Speaker revealed that the U.S. House will pass the SAVE America Act “one more time” through a budget reconciliation process.