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This photo taken Feb. 10, 2014 shows Matthew McMeekin getting off a bus at his home in Bethesda, Md. as he returns from work. Most Americans with intellectual or developmental disabilities remain shut out of the workforce, despite changing attitudes and billions spent on government programs to help them. Even when they find work, it’s often part time, in a dead-end job or for pay well below the minimum wage. McMeekin, 35, of Bethesda, Md., has spent 14 years working at Rehabilitation Opportunities Inc., a nonprofit sheltered workshop where he and other disabled workers are bused each workday to stuff envelopes, collate files or shrink-wrap products _ all for far less than the state minimum wage of $8.25 an hour. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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FILE - In this July 31, 2012 file photo, an employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., works on a Passat sedan. A three-day election on whether workers will be represented by the United Auto Workers union concludes on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)
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FILE - In this July 31, 2012, file photo, robotic arms weld the interior of a Volkswagen Passat sedan at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.. A three-day election on whether workers will be represented by the United Auto Workers union concludes on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)
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FILE - In this July 31, 2012, file photo, an employee works on a Passat sedan at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. A three-day election on whether workers will be represented by the United Auto Workers union concludes on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)
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In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 photo, Marie Cadet poses for a photo at her home in Miami. Cadet, 54, a licensed practical nurse, often works double shifts at a rehab facility to make ends meet for herself and her 12-year-old daughter. She was paying more than $150 a month on health insurance through her employer, with a $3,000 deductible, but she often didn't know if she would be able to make the payments, not to mention the additional $80 a month to cover her blood pressure medicine. After choosing a plan from the new health insurance marketplace, Cadet's monthly payment dropped to $86 a month, with the government kicking in $300. Her deductible fell to a more affordable $900. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Feb. 3, 2014 photo, Maureen Grey poses for a photo in Chicago. For many older Americans who lost jobs during the recession, the quest for health care has been one obstacle after another. Grey, a 58-year-old Chicagoan, finally saw a doctor this month after a fall in September left her in constant pain. Laid off twice from full-time jobs in the past five years, she saw her income drop from $60,000 to $17,800 a year. Now doing temp work, she was uninsured for 18 months before she chose a marketplace plan for $68 a month. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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FILE - In a May 14, 2012, file photo Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his revised state budget plan during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, May 14, 2012. A rift between Gov. Jerry Brown and the board overseeing the nation's largest public pension fund over rising liabilities tied to longer retiree life expectancies highlights a concern about how decisions are made at an agency with tremendous influence over state finances. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, )
