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On the recordApril 8, 2013
the intent of myself as the author, the broad support we received in the committee, and obviously in the final version of the law, to have the inclusion of the benefits for behavioral health as part of the essential health benefits package, and to begin to water that down would clearly violate the intention of those of us who offered it.
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Bob Menendez Jr.
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez emphasizes the importance of including behavioral health benefits in health care law.

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