Question from Substance Misuse Advocate Ashley Hurteau at CNN Health Care Debate

During last night’s health care debate, CNN took a question from Ashley Hurteau, a New Hampshire substance misuse treatment advocate who got treatment because of her coverage through New Hampshire’s bipartisan Medicaid expansion. Ashley was Senator Hassan’s guest of honor for President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. Ashley asked Senator Graham, “if Medicaid expansion is cut, what protections would there be to ensure people suffering and dying from addiction would continue to have access to health insurance coverage for treatment?” To which Senator Graham responded, “it's not Medicaid expansion that saved you.”