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Bill Nelson: “It is not infrequently that I get the panicked call to one of our Florida offices from a senior citizen with, for…”

On the recordJune 17, 2013
It is not infrequently that I get the panicked call to one of our Florida offices from a senior citizen with, for example, what happened last week, a bill from the hospital of $40,000.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Nelson discusses the financial struggles of elderly citizens with hospital bills.

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