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Orrin Hatch: But we take care of low-income senior citizens. We have 100 percent of subsidy for those under 135 percent of poverty or…

On the recordJuly 22, 2002
But we take care of low-income senior citizens. We have 100 percent of subsidy for those under 135 percent of poverty or less. For those up to 150 percent, that subsidy ranges from 100 percent down to 75 percent. And everybody above 150 percent has a subsidy of 75 percent. On the assets test, they are not quite accurate.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing subsidies for low-income senior citizens during a Senate debate.

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