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Bob Casey Jr.: “We should provide more opportunities for home-based care.”

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

United States Senators Bob Casey and Dick Durbin Answering Question from Public

Published June 6, 2023 | Video Starts at 09:08

… the next 10 years or so, their own constituents are going to run Right over them because they want it. Republicans want this at home, Democrats want it, Independents want … We should provide more opportunities for home-based care. … to be a nursing home. Even that people can't afford. Right. You have to be on Medicaid to be in a nursing home. Well, we should. (09:08–09:12)

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