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Ron Kind: “80 percent of the seniors in western Wisconsin rely on Social Security as their sole source of retirement income, 80…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
80 percent of the seniors in western Wisconsin rely on Social Security as their sole source of retirement income, 80 percent. They can't take a $6,000 hit in Medicare.
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Ron Kind
Wisconsin

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Highlighting the financial vulnerability of seniors in his district regarding Medicare costs.

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