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On the recordJanuary 8, 2018
In fact, one of the reasons we all came together to implement Medicaid expansion is because we had a crisis in our behavioral health and drug overdose deaths in our state.
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Maggie Hassan
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Hassan explains the motivation behind Medicaid expansion related to overdose deaths.

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