Patrick J. Kennedy: “If this were any other issue we would move heaven and Earth to deal with it. In COVID we responded right away, everybody…”

So if I were both a liberal or a conservative, parity would be a big issue for me.

What we're trying to do is make the spirit of parity a practical reality.

And really, in essence, this is corporate welfare of the first order. We are allowing the richest companies in our country, the healthcare insurance companies, who, by the way, are sitting on a boatload of cash because they have never had…

the promise of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act has not been realized and that many Americans are encountering barriers when seeking professional help.