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Elizabeth Warren: “Just like regular Social Security, disability insurance is something people earn from working, while they are working.”

On the recordJune 23, 2015
Just like regular Social Security, disability insurance is something people earn from working, while they are working.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes that disability benefits are earned through work contributions.

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