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Ruben Gallego: “My insurance wouldn't cover a counselor that specialized in…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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EXCLUSIVE: Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego sits down with ABC15 Arizona

Published | Video Starts at 21:56

I mean, I gotta tell you, like, I was very dissuaded at first by the va. When I first got back from the war, I started paying out of pocket because I couldn't. My insurance wouldn't cover a counselor that specialized in trauma. And so I paid out of pocket for as long as I could. And you know, it pains me that there may be a lot of, you know, U.S. citizens, … (21:56–22:04)

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Asserts that his insurance did not cover trauma-specialized counseling.

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