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Chris Murphy: “Maybe there's not legislation on this, Mr. Chairman, but just potentially the opportunity to use a bipartisan bully…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2017
Maybe there's not legislation on this, Mr. Chairman, but just potentially the opportunity to use a bipartisan bully pulpit to make clear to the insurance companies that this is in their best interest to ultimately pay for these alternative therapies.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy suggests using bipartisan influence to encourage insurance coverage for alternative therapies.

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