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Mark DeSaulnier: “George W. Bush signed a landmark Parity Act, and since then as many as three-and-a-half individual people applying for…”

On the recordJune 26, 2024
George W. Bush signed a landmark Parity Act, and since then as many as three-and-a-half individual people applying for behavioral health under their health plan, which they have paid for and is required to be equally distributed under the Affordable Care Act in George W. Bush's signed legislation, we know that they are being denied and ignored.
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Mark DeSaulnier
Democratic · California

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DeSaulnier discusses issues with access to behavioral health services despite legal requirements.

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