| | Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a key Republican vote on health care, announced Monday that she will oppose the last-ditch GOP effort to overhaul Obamacare, essentially leaving the bill dead. Republicans can lose just two votes if they want to pass the bill. Sens. John McCain, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz had previously all said they were against it. However, the bill's sponsors, led by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, made tweaks over the weekend to the funding model in the hopes of winning some votes. Collins' announcement came just after the Congressional Budget Office released a limited analysis of the bill, estimating "the number of people with comprehensive health insurance that covers high-cost medical events would be reduced by millions" under the legislation over the next decade.
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