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Ask the Expert: Using Social Security to Ensure Paid Family and Medical Leave
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In a new web video, Heather Boushey, a senior economist at the Center for American Progress, explains why we need paid family and medical leave, what a program would look like, and how we could pay for it.

Watch the video below and read more about Heather's proposals for paid family and medical leave in Helping Breadwinners When It Can't Wait: A Progressive Program for Family Leave Insurance.


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