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Mark Pocan: “If they were there because they had cancer, people would be in the streets.”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
If they were there because they had cancer, people would be in the streets.
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Mark Pocan
Democratic · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Critique of societal response to mental health issues compared to physical health.

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