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Kirsten Gillibrand: “Many of the people who are doing this full time, we have heard some of the figures that the uncompensated care that is…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2009
Many of the people who are doing this full time, we have heard some of the figures that the uncompensated care that is going on is in the billions and billions of dollars.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Gillibrand highlights the financial burden of uncompensated caregiving.

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