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On the recordOctober 25, 2011
Just as Social Security succeeded as a wage insurance, reducing elderly poverty from 50 percent to 10 percent, Americans should have an affordable way to finance long-term care.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Arguing for a system to finance long-term care similar to Social Security.

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