Editor:

  On Nov. 4 Sen. Susan Collins will have my wholehearted support. As a geriatric care manager and an and owner of a small business dedicated to caring for senior citizens, I appreciate all that Sen. Collins does for Maine’s senior citizens, as well as Maine’s small business owners.

   With Maine’s oldest-in the nation population, we need a senator who fights for seniors as Sen. Collins does. In July Sen. Collins was commended by AARP for her work to improve Medicare preventative health care benefits and expand low-income Medicare subsidies.  Sen. Collins also led the fight to restore critical funding to Medicare for home health care so that senior citizens can receive needed care in their own homes.

   As a business owner, I appreciate that Susan Collins has received a 100 percent rating from the NFIB almost every year that she has represented Maine in the United States Senate. As I work hard each day to keep my business going, Sen. Collins is working hard for me in Washington, and for Maine’s seniors. She will have my vote.

Paula Banks

Cape Elizabeth