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Bernie Sanders: “If our goal is to simplify and bring people into the system, a telephone book which has his income level different than…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2013
If our goal is to simplify and bring people into the system, a telephone book which has his income level different than mine and we live two miles apart makes no sense at all to my mind.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Sanders criticizes the complexity of VA eligibility criteria.

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