Patrick J. Kennedy: “Hearings like this one are a positive step forward, but we know that they are not enough and we know that there are…”

We all end up picking up the tab for not enforcing parity.

I want to thank the Biden Administration. They’ve put teeth into the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

We have so underfunded this system for so long, why is it a big surprise that we don't have enough providers in the field?

When we have an emergency, FEMA comes in. They've got housing, job opportunities, support of this and that. We need a strategy that understands that housing is critical to address the homeless epidemic of people with severe mental illness…