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Ron Wyden: “I cannot imagine doing that or privatizing the systems, turning them over to Wall Street or private insurance companies.”

On the recordMarch 22, 2023
I cannot imagine doing that or privatizing the systems, turning them over to Wall Street or private insurance companies.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden opposes raising the age of Medicare and Social Security or privatizing them.

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