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On the recordApril 27, 2016
Because of the lack of appropriate places to meet the needs of those with these mental health challenges, we so often have patients boarded in emergency rooms or in fights with police.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the systemic failures in mental health care.

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