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Ron Wyden: “My brother struggled with schizophrenia for decades, and he had a lot of his health-care bills covered by Medicaid.”

On the recordApril 27, 2016
My brother struggled with schizophrenia for decades, and he had a lot of his health-care bills covered by Medicaid.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden shares personal experience with mental health issues in his family.

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