And really, in essence, this is corporate welfare of the first order. We are allowing the richest companies in our country, the healthcare insurance companies, who, by the way, are sitting on a boatload of cash because they have never had to pay any bills for the last 5 months, and they are denying mental health still.
Kennedy accuses healthcare companies of corporate welfare while denying mental health services.
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