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Mental health clinics angle for a spot in Biden budget bill

by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
| August 18, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — An innovative program to help people with mental health and substance abuse problems is being primed for a major expansion as the COVID-19 pandemic deepens struggles with drug use, depression and anxiety for many Americans.

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