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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, signaled Thursday that she would need to see changes to a healthcare bill's draft introduced by Republicans in the Senate before offering her support, adding to the ranks of Republicans who already appear uncertain about the bill.

"I can't support a bill that's going to greatly increase premiums for our older Americans or out-of-pocket costs for those who aren't quite old enough for Medicare yet," Collins, a key centrist vote, said in an interview with NBC's "MTP Daily." "I cannot support a bill that is going to result in tens of millions of people losing their health insurance, and I cannot support a bill that's going to make such deep cuts in Medicaid that it's going to shift billions of dollars of costs to our state governments ... and to healthcare providers, such as rural hospitals, which would be faced with a great deal of uncompensated care."

"So it isn't any one factor," she continued. "I do care also about funding Planned Parenthood. It's all of those factors put together that will influence my decision."

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