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When You Next Sign AA9 … Review The Attestation Verbiage

Published on Wed Sep 13, 2006

You don' t have to read between the lines to see CMS means business.

Reading the attestation statement carefully can provide a refresher about the seriousness of putting your John or Jane Hancock at AA9

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