On the recordDecember 12, 2017
We, in the negotiations around CARA and the Cures Act, got a bipartisan commitment for an extra billion dollars to be spent on opioid treatment.
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Whitehouse discusses bipartisan funding for opioid treatment from CARA and the Cures Act.
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