WASHINGTON (CNN) โ A moderate Republican who has previously broken with her party to support President Obamaโs $787 billion stimulus bill said Sunday that she does not support the idea of using a so called โtriggerโ on the public health insurance option as part of health care reform legislation. Asked on CNNโs State of the Union if the use of the trigger would make inclusion of the public option more acceptable, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, unequivocally replied โno.โ โThe problem with trigger is it just delays the public option,โ Collins told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King, โbecause the people who are going to be making the determination about whether the market is competitive enough, want the public option.โ
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