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On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
But I would also tell you, in the private sector nobody stays on workers' comp in the private sector at retirement age. They go to the retirement.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn emphasizes the difference in workers' compensation practices between private and public sectors.

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