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On the recordApril 16, 2013
So what the families have told us is that they were literally doing second mortgages on their homes or going through bankruptcy because to be able to afford all the therapies their doctor prescribed for their children.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand highlights the financial struggles families face to afford necessary therapies.

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