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Ron Wyden: “What Claude Pepper suggested on a number of occasions is starting a model so that people on a voluntary basis could…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
What Claude Pepper suggested on a number of occasions is starting a model so that people on a voluntary basis could start putting aside money for private, long-term care coverage.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden references Claude Pepper's idea for voluntary long-term care funding.

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