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Patrick J. Kennedy: Both APAs, my fellow panelist Patrick Kennedy, and the unified mental health and substance use disorder community…

On the recordJune 29, 2020
Both APAs, my fellow panelist Patrick Kennedy, and the unified mental health and substance use disorder community championed the parity law in 2008, but it has failed to end discriminatory health insurance practices.
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Patrick J. Kennedy

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Discussing the failure of the parity law to eliminate insurance discrimination.

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