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On the recordDecember 1, 2015
I am kind of amazed that we would ask our veterans to pay for care for service-connected conditions. That is a major reversal of a fundamental tenet of our care for veterans.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Patty Murray criticized proposed copays for veterans' service-connected care.

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