On the recordJune 29, 2007
I don't think there is a strong recognition up here that is a private insurance program that is paid into and is separate from other benefits. My father paid into that program more than $200 a month from 1969 until his death in 1997. Then when my mother got the benefit, they offset it at that time, I believe, from a Social Security payment that he also paid into. There are inequities in how that program has been administered and how it interacts with other areas of Federal law.
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