U.S Senate candidate Graham Platner joined a coalition of health care advocates in Bangor today to decry the damage they say the Trump administration is doing to Maine's health care industry.

Platner, who is running for the Democratic Party nomination to challenge Republican Susan Collins, said the "One Big Beautiful Bill" will be devastating for much of the state, and Collins failed to stop it.

"Those are working people," Platner said. "Those are not people who are living lives in which this kind of detrimental impact is going to leave them with other options."

Platner said as an oysterman, the issue is particularly concerning, because injuries are a regular occurrence for anyone working on the water.

He said that if Collins had done more to stop the bill, he likely would not be in th

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