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On the recordDecember 8, 2014
I wish we had a better term than 'near poor.' It seems so strange.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey
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Editor's note · Context

Pallone expresses discomfort with the term 'near poor' in discussing Medicare.

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