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Maura Healey: “There are 12,000 seniors in Massachusetts who are not going…”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

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Published | Video Starts at 10:43

But we already see the impacts. We see the impacts. I mean, just today I learned that because the Social Security Administration, while they're working, they've been stopped from sending out certain payments. There are 12,000 seniors in Massachusetts who are not going to get their [Social Security] payment checks. because they get them by mail. They don't have direct deposit. I mean, that's just one example. But, you know, the impacts of all of this are devastating. (10:43–10:48)

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Asserts that 12,000 seniors in Massachusetts will not receive Social Security checks due to the government shutdown.

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