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On the recordNovember 29, 2017
it's very hard to confront this epidemic when we are threatening to pass health care legislation that would remove $800 billion from Medicaid
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy highlights the negative impact of proposed healthcare cuts on addiction treatment.

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