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Al Franken: It's plastic, but we Xerox it; in Germany, they swipe it.

On the recordSeptember 29, 2009
It's plastic, but we Xerox it; in Germany, they swipe it.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Franken highlights the inefficiency of current insurance card usage compared to Germany.

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