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Elizabeth Furse: “Or if you have two people working at minimum wage. You know, my goodness. We struggled so hard last year to get a…”

On the recordMay 14, 1997
Or if you have two people working at minimum wage. You know, my goodness. We struggled so hard last year to get a minimum wage increase, you know, against so much opposition to that; but just think if you are working on minimum wage, yes, you might feel like, or well, I should not ask for something from the Government because I am working. But you know it is the best investment we make in this country is any time we invest in our kids. What a return we get on it. And I know that there are single moms and single dads out there who are trying to keep rent and food and day care and all those things and just do not feel and do not know that they could turn to Medicaid. So we need to bring them in, and then those others who are making just a little bit more, but it would not be a lot more, to still want to have their own insurance policy, a kids only insurance policy.
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Elizabeth Furse
Oregon
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Discussing the challenges faced by minimum wage workers and the importance of investing in children's health care.

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