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Patty Murray: “Your bill takes away current benefits, which includes prescription drugs, mental health and substance use disorder…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Your bill takes away current benefits, which includes prescription drugs, mental health and substance use disorder benefits, and maternity coverage, among others. That is correct, right?
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray highlights the loss of essential health benefits under the proposed bill.

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