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Ruben Gallego: “There's a lot of efforts both on the VA side as well as the…”

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 21:19

That's what I discovered too. What would you do to make sure everyone can have access so they can take care of their mental health, get access to therapy? Well, look, There's a lot of efforts both on the VA side as well as the private insurer side, as well as what we should be doing, the federal government in terms of paying for more of it. So partly it's something that I think we have to encourage private business to cover. I think it, you know, I think I'm a better person because I finally dealt with my ptsd. (21:19–21:32)

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Asserts that there are efforts by the VA, private insurers, and federal government to pay more for mental health care.

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