And Commissioner, I want to get you involved in this conversation because Medicaid is really, as I said, Medicaid really affects children, people with disabilities with drug use efforts and families who are dealing with youngsters with drug use issues. Medicaid pays 1 in $4 for vital mental health and substance use disorder treatment. It affects low wage workers. It has implications for low wage workers and it also for seniors. But the one in four dollars for treatment is critical. (45:41–45:48)
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