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Nita Lowey: “Behavioral health, mental health, addiction treatment, is health, and it belongs in health care just as fixing a broken…”

On the recordApril 4, 2017
Behavioral health, mental health, addiction treatment, is health, and it belongs in health care just as fixing a broken arm.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Emphasizing the importance of including mental health in healthcare coverage.

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