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Patrick J. Kennedy: “I concur with Chairman Leahy when he said that Medicaid is the source of treatment for people with mental illness and…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2017
I concur with Chairman Leahy when he said that Medicaid is the source of treatment for people with mental illness and addiction in this country, period.
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Patrick J. Kennedy

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Affirms the importance of Medicaid in treating mental illness and addiction.

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