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Tom Harkin: So, why do so many cases, 20,000 a year, go through this whole system and stuff if--I mean, is it just an interpretive…

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
So, why do so many cases, 20,000 a year, go through this whole system and stuff if--I mean, is it just an interpretive question, or is it a question of judgment, how disabled a person is?
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin questions the reasons behind the high number of cases in the system.

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