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On the recordJuly 26, 2017
But it is not only older workers because we have as an aging population more and more people in nursing homes. Would my friend from Oregon describe what happens under this legislation if somebody has a mom or a dad in a nursing home, struggling with Alzheimer's or some other terrible illness?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Jul 26, 2017

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