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On the recordDecember 4, 2017
I would beg you and I would beg the Department of Labor, use the authority you have to make sure that people suffering from addiction and mental illness are treated the same as people who have cancer diagnosis and orthopedic diagnoses.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy urges the Department of Labor to enforce mental health parity laws.

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