I have, as you know, been laser-focused with my colleague, Senator Roy Blunt, creating a system where health care above the neck is funded to help the same as health care below the neck.
Debbie Stabenow: “I have, as you know, been laser-focused with my colleague, Senator Roy Blunt, creating a system where health care above…”
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Stabenow emphasizes the need for equal funding for mental health care.
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