Augusta, Maine – As negotiators on Capitol Hill admit that talks of a deal on ACA subsidies have fallen apart, one thing remains clear: Susan Collins has utterly failed Mainers, who are now losing access to affordable health care.

Because Collins’ refused to extend ACA tax credits, more than 50,000 Mainers are seeing their insurance premiums “double, triple or even quadruple” and 2,000 people who buy marketplace health insurance canceled their 2026 coverage.

Here is a reminder of Susan Collins’ long record refusing to extend ACA tax credits:

• Collins and Republicans refused to include an extension for ACA Tax Credits in the One Big Ugly Bill that Collins voted to advance.
• Collins forced a government shutdown to avoid extending ACA tax credits.
• Collins repeatedly voted against extending ACA tax credits.
• Collins refused to include an extension of ACA tax credits in the deal to reopen the government that she claimed credit for negotiating.
• Collins called ACA tax credits “poison pills.”
• Collins claimed extending the enhanced premium ACA tax credits “does not have a Sept. 30 deadline,” despite Maine insurance rates already going up and Maine state officials warning action must be taken before September 30th.
• Then, Collins made a new excuse for not extending ACA tax credits saying “the insurance rates have already been issued for the year and the marketplace is already open, so it makes it very difficult” to make changes and negotiate a deal to extend ACA tax credits.