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Richard Blumenthal: “Once you are dead, the Federal Government pretty much does not care about you.”

On the recordJune 25, 2013
Once you are dead, the Federal Government pretty much does not care about you.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal highlights the lack of Medicare support for autopsies.

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