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Americans living below poverty line disproportionately impacted by pandemic

New data shows that 15% of Americans became financially worse off during the pandemic. And most of those impacted were already living below the federal poverty line. Joseph Minarik, senior vice president and director of research for the Committee for Economic Development, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss.
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