Patrick J. Kennedy: “the promise of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act has not been realized and that many Americans are…”

Well, it is obviously the key driver in terms of ability to provide the services necessary, because while there is a suspension now and people are using it, that is not going to continue unless the biggest payer of all, CMS, steps up and…

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

when mental health gets 0.04 percent of the CARES Act funding, it says a lot about where mental health is in this country.

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?