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Gene Green: repealing the mental health and substance use disorder coverage provisions of the ACA will remove at least $5.5 billion…

On the recordOctober 24, 2017
repealing the mental health and substance use disorder coverage provisions of the ACA will remove at least $5.5 billion annually from the treatment of low-income people with mental and substance use disorders.
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Gene Green
Democratic · Texas

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Green emphasizes the financial impact of repealing ACA provisions on substance use treatment.

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