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Bob Casey Jr.: “We can take a waiting list of 800,000 Americans and get that…”

Featuring: Bob Casey Jr., Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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[LIVE] Drive-in Town Hall with Sen. Bob Casey - Monaca, PA

Published | Video Starts at 15:57

For someone with a disability, it's a similar option. But here's the problem. We have limited funding at the federal level for that. So we've got to invest in that so that We can take a waiting list of 800,000 Americans and get that waiting list down. They shouldn't have to wait for that care in America, seniors and people with disabilities. We can fund this and we can pay for it. (15:57–16:08)

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Asserts the goal to reduce the waiting list for home and community-based services, which currently stands at 800,000.

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