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Paul Tonko: This mean, and might I say very mean, bill will rip hope away from people in communities across my district who depend…

On the recordJuly 11, 2017
This mean, and might I say very mean, bill will rip hope away from people in communities across my district who depend on coverage from the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion to help them recover from the scourge of opioid addiction.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York

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Critique of TrumpCare's impact on opioid addiction treatment funding.

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