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Janice Schakowsky: “Cutting the very insurance coverage that treats these people for ideological reasons... will not help us address the…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
Cutting the very insurance coverage that treats these people for ideological reasons... will not help us address the opioid epidemic.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Arguing against cuts to Medicaid that provide essential treatment for opioid addiction.

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