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Gwen Moore: “20% of those deaths occur because of substance abuse…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

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Congresswoman Moore Reintroduces the Mental Health and Making Access More Affordable (MAMA) Act

Published | Video Starts at 00:23

We have one of the highest maternal, infant mortality, maternal mortality rates in the world among the OECD countries. And it's an embarrassment. But 20% of those deaths occur because of substance abuse, because of mental health issues. And so we can't ignore this. And so what we're saying is there can be no CO payments for mental health. Just for private insurers as well. Yes. Yes. (00:23–00:33)

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Asserts that 20% of maternal deaths are due to substance abuse and mental health issues.

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