The flaw is that U-6 removes the long-term discouraged worker after 52 weeks of unemployment.

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Mr. STEVE DAWSON (President, Paraprofessional Health Institute): It's essential that if people expect when they need long-term care to be able to pick up the phone and find a worker that they, as consumers and the state's best(ph) payers, have to invest in this workforce so that it will show up.

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