Patrick J. Kennedy: “We need help from Congress to remove prejudice and discrimination and treat it just like all other forms of prejudice…”

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?

We wouldn't expect any less if there were any other illness. And yet we settled for less than 20 percent of Americans getting any of that today in this country.

We ought to be encouraging people in this country to seek mental health. That should not be a disqualifying factor.

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