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        <text><![CDATA[ Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for premiums paid to enroll military retirees and their spouses and surviving spouses for supplementary medical insurance under part B of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.]]></text>
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