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On the recordApril 10, 2018
The reality is that anybody out there who has tried to access insurance reimbursement knows that it is a whole lot harder to get an insurance company to pay for addiction treatment than it is to fix your broken leg or to address heart disease.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy discusses challenges in accessing addiction treatment through insurance.

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