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On the recordOctober 19, 2009
It would waive the means test and credit counseling requirements, which are unnecessary, time-consuming, costly, even humiliating for debtors forced to file by medical misfortune.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse explains provisions of the Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act.

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