U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) will be presented with the AHA Honorary Life Membership Award for her contributions to hospitals and health care in America on Monday, May 7 during the AHA’s Annual Membership Meeting. Collins chairs the Senate Aging Committee and is a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, regularly working across party lines to advocate for common sense, meaningful and bipartisan policies that promote access to care. For more on the May 6-9 meeting and to register, visit www.aha.org.

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