How does slashing Medicaid and kicking people with opioid use disorders off their insurance fight the opioid epidemic?
Debbie Stabenow: “How does slashing Medicaid and kicking people with opioid use disorders off their insurance fight the opioid epidemic?”
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Stabenow questions the effectiveness of Medicaid cuts on the opioid crisis.
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