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Ron Wyden: “My understanding--and, again, I have listened to my colleague on the Finance Committee. He is a champion on not going…”

On the recordNovember 20, 2019
My understanding--and, again, I have listened to my colleague on the Finance Committee. He is a champion on not going back, but going forward with more Medicare-type choices. Like making that person who is really wondering if they are going to make it until 65 in order to get to Medicare, he would like--for example, say an older woman who has been a victim of age discrimination, did not have much money, he would like to make them eligible for Medicare at 60 or 61 or something like that.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon
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Nov 20, 2019

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