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Joseph P. Kennedy III: So, Ms. Brandt, are you familiar with the statistics showing that the percentage of people hospitalized with a substance…

On the recordMarch 2, 2020
So, Ms. Brandt, are you familiar with the statistics showing that the percentage of people hospitalized with a substance use disorder who did not have health insurance dropped from 20 percent to just five percent in states that expanded Medicaid coverage in just two years?
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Kennedy presents data on Medicaid expansion's impact on uninsured substance use disorder patients.

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