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Michael Bennet: “Historically, given the varying types of Medicaid coverage levels by State, it has typically been children with serious…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2013
Historically, given the varying types of Medicaid coverage levels by State, it has typically been children with serious emotional disturbance, and adults who have been found to be disabled due to a mental illness that have been most often covered by Medicaid.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Identifying groups of Medicaid beneficiaries who use mental health services the most.

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